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.… Before, He had said, "his spring shall become dry, and his fountain shall be dried up." Now again He enlarges the blessing; their supply shall be unfailing, for it shall be from God; yea, God Himself shall be that blessing. "I will be the dew; descending on the mown grass," to quicken and refresh it, descending, Himself, into the dried and parched and sore hearts of men, as He saith, "We will come unto him, and make our abode with him." The grace of God, like the dew, is not given once for all, but is day by day waited for, and day by day renewed. Yet doth it not pass away, like the fitful goodness of God's former people, but turns into the growth and spiritual substance of those on whom it descends. (E. B. Pusey, D. D.) 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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