he dawns on them like the morning light, like the sun shining forth upon a cloudless morning, like rain that makes grass to sprout from the earth.
Hosea 14:5 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) I will be as the dew to Israel; he shall blossom as the lily, he shall strike root as the poplar; More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition I will be like the dew and the night mist to Israel; he shall grow and blossom like the lily and cast forth his roots like [the sturdy evergreens of] Lebanon. American Standard Version (1901) I will be as the dew unto Israel; he shall blossom as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon. Common English Bible I will be like the dew to Israel; he will blossom like the lily; he will cast out his roots like the forests of Lebanon. Catholic Public Domain Version I will heal their contrition; I will love them spontaneously. For my wrath has been turned away from them. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version I will heal their breaches, I will love them freely: for my wrath is turned away from them. |
he dawns on them like the morning light, like the sun shining forth upon a cloudless morning, like rain that makes grass to sprout from the earth.
And the surviving remnant of the house of Judah shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward;
my roots spread out to the waters, with the dew all night on my branches,
It is like the dew of Hermon, which falls on the mountains of Zion! For there the Lord has commanded the blessing, life for evermore.
May there be abundance of grain in the land; on the tops of the mountains may it wave; may its fruit be like Lebanon; and may men blossom forth from the cities like the grass of the field!
May he be like rain that falls on the mown grass, like showers that water the earth!
Thou didst clear the ground for it; it took deep root and filled the land.
The righteous flourish like the palm tree, and grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
They are planted in the house of the Lord, they flourish in the courts of our God.
A king's wrath is like the growling of a lion, but his favor is like dew upon the grass.
My beloved is mine and I am his, he pastures his flock among the lilies.
Your two breasts are like two fawns, twins of a gazelle, that feed among the lilies.
You will say in that day: “I will give thanks to thee, O Lord, for though thou wast angry with me, thy anger turned away, and thou didst comfort me.
For thus the Lord said to me: “I will quietly look from my dwelling like clear heat in sunshine, like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.”
Thy dead shall live, their bodies shall rise. O dwellers in the dust, awake and sing for joy! For thy dew is a dew of light, and on the land of the shades thou wilt let it fall.
In days to come Jacob shall take root, Israel shall blossom and put forth shoots, and fill the whole world with fruit.
it shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice with joy and singing. The glory of Lebanon shall be given to it, the majesty of Carmel and Sharon. They shall see the glory of the Lord, the majesty of our God.
For I will pour water on the thirsty land, and streams on the dry ground; I will pour my Spirit upon your descendants, and my blessing on your offspring.
“Shower, O heavens, from above, and let the skies rain down righteousness; let the earth open, that salvation may sprout forth, and let it cause righteousness to spring up also; I the Lord have created it.
I have seen his ways, but I will heal him; I will lead him and requite him with comfort, creating for his mourners the fruit of the lips.
Peace, peace, to the far and to the near, says the Lord; and I will heal him.
“Return, O faithless sons, I will heal your faithlessness.” “Behold, we come to thee; for thou art the Lord our God.
I will rejoice in doing them good, and I will plant them in this land in faithfulness, with all my heart and all my soul.
Let us know, let us press on to know the Lord; his going forth is sure as the dawn; he will come to us as the showers, as the spring rains that water the earth.”
Then the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many peoples like dew from the Lord, like showers upon the grass, which tarry not for men nor wait for the sons of men.
Who is a God like thee, pardoning iniquity and passing over transgression for the remnant of his inheritance? He does not retain his anger for ever because he delights in steadfast love.
And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they neither toil nor spin;
Consider the lilies, how they grow; they neither toil nor spin; yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
and that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love,
May my teaching drop as the rain, my speech distil as the dew, as the gentle rain upon the tender grass, and as the showers upon the herb.