Holy Scripture

Hosea 14:8

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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

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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In context

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

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

— Hosea 14:8 —

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.

10Who is wise, and will understand these things? or prudent, and will know them? for the ways of the Lord are straight, and the righteous shall walk in them: but the ungodly shall fall therein.

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