OLD TESTAMENT

Hosea 14:5

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I will be like the dew to Israel. He will blossom like the lily, and send down his roots like Lebanon.

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Verse 5. Breaches, when Israel shall be converted, as some were to Christ, and many will be at the end of the world. Worthington.—Hebrew “their return.” Septuagint “dwellings.” They shall be purified.—Freely. I have been forced to chastise, My heart dilates. Calmet.—Septuagint “I will love them manifestly.” Syr. “accept their free offerings.” Bible.

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