Hosea 14

Hosea · Chapter 14

Hosea 14:6

1O Israel, return unto the LORD thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity.2Take with you words, and turn to the LORD: say unto him, Take away all iniquity, and receive us graciously: so will we render the calves of our lips.3Asshur shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses: neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, Ye are our gods: for in thee the fatherless findeth mercy.4I 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.6His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon.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.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.9Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? prudent, and he shall know them? for the ways of the LORD are right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall therein.

King James Version (1769)

Other translations

VerseKJVBSBASV
6His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon.His shoots will sprout, and his splendor will be like the olive tree, his fragrance like the cedars of Lebanon.His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive-tree, and his smell as Lebanon.

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Original Hebrew words

EnglishHebrewSay itStrong'sMeaning
they will goיֵֽלְכוּ֙ye-le-KHUH1980I
to go

הוּךְ (hukh) (P'al) to go, come, walk, be brought Aramaic of ha.lakh (הָלַךְ ": walk" H1980)

young shoots itsיֹֽנְקוֹתָ֔יוyo-ne-ko-TAVH3127
shoot

יוֹנֶ֫קֶת (yo.ne.qet) young plant, twig, young shoot

and it may beוִיהִ֥יvi-HIH1961
to be

הָיָה (ha.yah) 1) to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out 1a) (Qal) 1a1) --- 1a1a) to happen, fall out, occur, take place, come about, come to pass 1a1b) to come about, come to pass 1a2) to come into being, become 1a2a) to arise, appear, come 1a2b) to become 1a2b1) to become 1a2b2) to become like 1a2b3) to be instituted, be established 1a3) to be 1a3a) to exist, be in existence 1a3b) to abide, remain, continue (with word of place or time) 1a3c) to stand, lie, be in, be at, be situated (with word of locality) 1a3d) to accompany, be with 1b) (Niphal) …

like the olive treeכַזַּ֖יִתkha-ZA-yitH2132H
olive

זַ֫יִת (za.yit) 1) olive, olive tree 1a) olive tree 1b) olives 2) mountain facing Jerusalem on the east side

splendor itsהוֹד֑וֹho-DOH1935
splendor

הוֹד (hod) splendour, majesty, vigour

and fragranceוְרֵ֥יחַֽve-REI-achH7381
aroma

רֵיחַ (re.ach) 1) scent, fragrance, aroma, odour 1a) scent, odour 1b) odour of soothing (technical term for sacrifice to God) Aramaic equivalent: re.ach (רֵיחַ "smell" H7382)

like the Lebanonכַּלְּבָנֽוֹן׃ka-le-va-NONH3844G
Lebanon

לְבָנוֹן (le.va.non) § Lebanon = "whiteness" a wooded mountain range on the northern border of Israel

Words and meanings from STEPBible data (Tyndale House, Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). The capitalized syllable is the stressed one.