Hos 14:5 | NET2full | STEP | I will be like the dew to Israel ; he will blossom like a lily ; he will send down his roots like a cedar of Lebanon .

Hosea 14:5

5 I will be like the dew to Israel;
he will blossom like a lily;
he will send down his roots like a cedar of ^{▼▼tn Heb “like Lebanon” (so KJV; also in the following verse). The phrase “a cedar of” does not appear in the Hebrew text; it is supplied in translation for clarity (cf. TEV “the trees of Lebanon,” NRSV “the forests of Lebanon”).} Lebanon.