Holy Scripture

Hosea 14:6

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“"I will heal their apostasy; I will love them freely, for my anger has turned from them. I will be like the dew to Israel; he shall blossom like the lily; he shall take root like the trees of Lebanon; his shoots shall spread out; his beauty shall be like the olive, and his fragrance like Lebanon. They shall return and…”
Jerome, 5th c. — Commentary on Hosea 14:5-9

Source: Septuagint

Original

6I will be as dew to Israel: he shall bloom as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.

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4Assyria shall never save us; we will not mount on horseback; we will no longer say to the works of our hands, Our gods. He who is in thee shall pity the orphan.

5I will restore their dwellings, I will love them truly: for he has turned away my wrath from him.

— Hosea 14:6 —

7His branches shall spread, and he shall be as a fruitful olive, and his smell shall be as the smell of Lebanon.

8They shall return, and dwell under his shadow: they shall live and be satisfied with corn, and he shall flower as a vine: his memorial shall be to Ephraim as the wine of Lebanon.

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