Hosea 14:4-7

Let Your fruit be found in those who trust in You!

This affirmation of God’s watchful care stands in stark contrast to His judgment. The Lord anticipates a time when He would restore repentant Israel. 

Hosea 14:4-7

⁴ “I will heal their backsliding,

I will love them freely,

For My anger has turned away from him.

⁵ I will be like the dew to Israel;

He shall grow like the lily,

And lengthen his roots like Lebanon.

⁶ His branches shall spread;

His beauty shall be like an olive tree,

And his fragrance like Lebanon.

⁷ Those who dwell under his shadow shall return;

They shall be revived like grain,

And grow like a vine.

Their scent shall be like the wine of Lebanon.

⁷O Lord, though our iniquities testify against us, Do it for Your name’s sake; For our backslidings are many, We have sinned against You. 

Jeremiah 14:7

¹⁹Your dead shall live; Together with my dead body they shall arise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in dust; For your dew is like the dew of herbs, And the earth shall cast out the dead. 

Isaiah 26:19

⁸But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God; I trust in the mercy of God forever and ever. 

Psalm 52:8

¹²Its leaves were lovely, Its fruit abundant, And in it was food for all. The beasts of the field found shade under it, The birds of the heavens dwelt in its branches, And all flesh was fed from it. 

Daniel 4:12

⁶ to the praise of the glory of His grace, by which He made us accepted in the Beloved. 

Ephesians 1:6