Like an apricot tree among the trees of the forest, so is my love among the young men. I delight to sit in his shade, and his fruit is sweet to my taste.
Hosea 14:7 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised The people will return and live beneath his shade. They will grow corn and blossom like the vine. His renown will be like the wine of Lebanon. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 They that dwell under his shadow shall return; they shall revive as the corn, and grow as the vine: the scent thereof shall be as the wine of Lebanon. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition They that dwell under his shade shall return; they shall revive like the grain and blossom like the vine; the scent of it shall be like the wine of Lebanon. American Standard Version (1901) They that dwell under his shadow shall return; they shall revive as the grain, and blossom as the vine: the scent thereof shall be as the wine of Lebanon. Common English Bible They will again live beneath my shadow, they will flourish like a garden; they will blossom like the vine, their fragrance will be like the wine of Lebanon. Catholic Public Domain Version His branches will advance, and his glory will be like the olive tree, and his fragrance will be like that of the cedars of Lebanon. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version His branches shall spread, and his glory shall be as the olive tree: and his smell as that of Libanus. |
Like an apricot tree among the trees of the forest, so is my love among the young men. I delight to sit in his shade, and his fruit is sweet to my taste.
Your lips drip sweetness like the honeycomb, my bride. Honey and milk are under your tongue. The fragrance of your garments is like the fragrance of Lebanon.
I came down to the walnut grove to see the blossoms of the valley, to see if the vines were budding and the pomegranates blooming.
For as the earth produces its growth, and as a garden enables what is sown to spring up, so the Lord God will cause righteousness and praise to spring up before all the nations.
I will plant it on Israel’s high mountain so that it may bear branches, produce fruit, and become a majestic cedar. Birds of every kind will nest under it, taking shelter in the shade of its branches.
I will be like the dew to Israel; he will blossom like the lily and take root like the cedars of Lebanon.
On that day I will respond – this is the Lord’s declaration. I will respond to the sky, and it will respond to the earth.
The earth will respond to the grain, the new wine, and the fresh oil, and they will respond to Jezreel.
He will revive us after two days, and on the third day he will raise us up so that we can live in his presence.
‘For they will sow in peace: the vine will yield its fruit, the land will yield its produce, and the skies will yield their dew. I will give the remnant of this people all these things as an inheritance.
Jesus said to her, ‘I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me, even if he dies, will live.
Truly I tell you, unless a grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains by itself. But if it dies, it produces much fruit.