Hosea 14:5

I will be like the dew to Israel; he will blossom like a lily, he will send down his roots like a cedar of ¹  Lebanon.

De 32:2; 2Sa 23:4; 2Ki 19:30; Job 29:19; Ps 72:6; Ps 72:16; Pr 19:12; So 2:1,2,16; So 4:5; Isa 18:4; Isa 26:19; Isa 27:6; Isa 35:2; Isa 44:3; Eze 17:22-24; Mic 5:7; Mt 6:28; Lu 12:27; Eph 3:17

¹ 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.”