Hosea 14:6

Translations

Modern

His shoots will sprout, and his splendor will be like the olive tree, his fragrance like the cedars of Lebanon.

Traditional

His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon.

Literal

His branches will go forth, and his beauty will be like the olive tree, and the fragrance unto him like Lebanon.

Latin

Ibunt rami ejus, et erit quasi oliva gloria ejus, et odor ejus ut Libani.

Original

Hebrew

English

His shoots will sprout, and his splendor will be like the olive tree, his fragrance like the cedars of Lebanon.

Notes

Hosea 14:5–7

Hosea describes the effect of God’s healing love on repentant Israel. God promises to provide the fertility that Israel had sought from the baals.

Hosea 14:1–9

Destruction was not God's final message to his covenant people. Although judgment must happen, God's healing and restoring grace is stronger than human sin.

Theme notes and profiles

Returning to the Lord The Grace of God

Events

Prophecies of Hosea

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Psalm 52:8
But I am like an olive tree flourishing in the house of God; I trust in the loving devotion of God forever and ever.
Psalm 128:3
Your wife will be like a fruitful vine flourishing within your house, your sons like olive shoots sitting around your table.
Romans 11:16–24
If the first part of the dough is holy, so is the whole batch; if the root is holy, so are the branches.
Philippians 4:18
I have all I need and more, now that I have received your gifts from Epaphroditus. They are a fragrant offering, an acceptable sacrifice, well-pleasing to God.
Matthew 13:31
He put before them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that a man took and planted in his field.
Genesis 27:27
So he came near and kissed him. When Isaac smelled his clothing, he blessed him and said: “Ah, the smell of my son is like the smell of a field that the LORD has blessed.
Ezekiel 17:5–8
He took some of the seed of the land and planted it in fertile soil; he placed it by abundant waters and set it out like a willow.
Song of Solomon 4:11–15
Your lips, my bride, drip sweetness like the honeycomb; honey and milk are under your tongue, and the fragrance of your garments is like the aroma of Lebanon.
Psalm 80:9–11
You cleared the ground for it, and it took root and filled the land.
Daniel 4:10–15
In these visions of my mind as I was lying in bed, I saw this come to pass: There was a tree in the midst of the land, and its height was great.
2 Corinthians 2:14–15
But thanks be to God, who always leads us triumphantly as captives in Christ and through us spreads everywhere the fragrance of the knowledge of Him.
Ezekiel 31:3–10
Look at Assyria, a cedar in Lebanon, with beautiful branches that shaded the forest. It towered on high; its top was among the clouds.

Places

Lebanon: A mountainous region known for its cedar trees

Glossary

Branch Hosea, Book of

Topics

Blessing: Spiritual, from God Branch: Figurative Compared To Saints: Green Olive Trees Compared To Saints: Lebanon Lebanon: (Fragrance of) of the Graces of the Church Lebanon: Fertility and Productiveness of Righteous: Green Olive Trees Righteous: Lebanon The Jews: Promises Respecting: Future Prosperity of The Olive-Tree of the Righteous The Olive-Tree: Fair and Beautiful

Hosea 14:6

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