Hosea 14:6

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“His branches will spread, and his beauty will be like the olive tree, and his fragrance like Lebanon.”

— WEB

“His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon.”

— KJV

“His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive-tree, and his smell as Lebanon.”

— ASV

Bible Verses About the Vine and Branches

Cross-references

Related verses via the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Psalms 52:8 "But as for me, I am like a green olive tree in God’s house. I trust in God’s loving kindness forever and ever."
Psalms 128:3 "Your wife will be as a fruitful vine, in the innermost parts of your house; your children like olive plants, around your table."
Philippians 4:18 "But I have all things, and abound. I am filled, having received from Epaphroditus the things that came from you, a sweet-smelling fragran…"
Jeremiah 11:16 "Yahweh called your name, “A green olive tree, beautiful with goodly fruit.” With the noise of a great roar he has kindled fire on it, and…"
Matthew 13:31 "He set another parable before them, saying, “The Kingdom of Heaven is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his fi…"
Song of Solomon 4:11-15 "Your lips, my bride, drip like the honeycomb. Honey and milk are under your tongue. The smell of your garments is like the smell of Lebanon."
2 Corinthians 2:14-15 "Now thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and reveals through us the sweet aroma of his knowledge in every place."
John 15:1 "“I am the true vine, and my Father is the farmer."

Commentary

branches--shoots, or suckers. beauty . . . as the olive--which never loses its verdure. One plant is not enough to express the graces of God's elect people. The lily depicts its lovely growth; but as it wants duration and firmness, the deeply rooted cedars of Lebanon are added; these, however, are fruitless, therefore the fruitful, peace-bearing, fragrant, ever green olive is added. smell as Lebanon--which exhaled from it the fragrance of odoriferous trees and flowers. So Israel's name shall be in good savor with all (Gen 27:27; Sol 4:11).

— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)

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