Hosea 14:5-7 I will be as the dew to Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.… I. TO WHOM THE BLESSING IS PROMISED. To Israel. Not Israel only after the flesh. The name Israel brings before us Jacob, concerning whom there are two remarkable circumstances recorded. 1. God's special choice of him. 2. His power with God in prayer. II. THE NATURE OF THE BLESSING SET FORTH. "As the dew." 1. Dew is refreshing and fertilising. 2. Dew is, in many Eastern lands, the only means for producing these effects. 3. Dew is mild and grateful in the manner of its influence. 4. Dew is generally imperceptible in its approaches. 5. Dew comes only in the night. (Joseph Jowett, M. A.) Parallel Verses KJV: I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon. |
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