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Atomic Bible
Hosea 14:5
I will be like the dew to Israel;
from A Promise of God’s Blessing, Hosea 14:4-9
What it says

The LORD will be like dew to Israel, causing the people to blossom like the lily and root themselves like Lebanon.

What it is doing

This verse begins the chapter's reversal of drought and instability through imagery of living refreshment.

In context

4I will heal their apostasy; 5I will be like the dew to Israel; 6His shoots will sprout, 7They will return and dwell in his shade; 8O Ephraim, what have I to do 9Whoever is wise, let him understand these things;