Hosea 14:6 · KJV
“His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon. {spread: Heb. go}”
— Hosea 14:6
I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon. {grow: or, blossom} {cast...: Heb. strike}
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. {grow: or, blossom} {scent: or, memorial}
Hosea 14 — Context
I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him.
5I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon. {grow: or, blossom} {cast...: Heb. strike}
6His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon. {spread: Heb. go}
7They 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. {grow: or, blossom} {scent: or, memorial}
8Ephraim {shall say}, What have I to do any more with idols? I have heard {him}, and observed him: I {am} like a green fir tree. From me is thy fruit found.
Cross References
Psalms 52:8
But I {am} like a green olive tree in the house of God: I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever.
Philippians 4:18
But I have all, and abound: I am full, having received of Epaphroditus the things {which were sent} from you, an odour of a sweet smell, a sacrifice acceptable, wellpleasing to God. {I have all: or, I have received all}
Psalms 128:3
Thy wife {shall be} as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table.
Romans 11:16-24
For if the firstfruit {be} holy, the lump {is} also {holy}: and if the root {be} holy, so {are} the branches.
Jeremiah 11:16
The LORD called thy name, A green olive tree, fair, {and} of goodly fruit: with the noise of a great tumult he hath kindled fire upon it, and the branches of it are broken.
Daniel 4:10-15
Thus {were} the visions of mine head in my bed; I saw, and behold a tree in the midst of the earth, and the height thereof {was} great. {I saw: Chaldee, I was seeing}
Ezekiel 17:5-8
He took also of the seed of the land, and planted it in a fruitful field; he placed {it} by great waters, {and} set it {as} a willow tree. {planted...: Heb. put it in a field of seed}
Ezekiel 31:3-10
Behold, the Assyrian {was} a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches, and with a shadowing shroud, and of an high stature; and his top was among the thick boughs. {with fair branches: Heb. fair of branches}