“I will be like the dew to Israel. He will blossom like the lily, and send down his roots like Lebanon.”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. Hosea 14 contains 9 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.