Holy Scripture
Hosea 14:7
A church father on this verse
“"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…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
7His branches shall spread, and he shall be as a fruitful olive, and his smell shall be as the smell of Lebanon.
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5I will restore their dwellings, I will love them truly: for he has turned away my wrath from him.
6I will be as dew to Israel: he shall bloom as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.
— Hosea 14:7 —
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.
9What has he to do anymore with idols? I have afflicted him, and I will strengthen him: I am as a leafy juniper tree. From me is thy fruit found.