King James Version (KJV)
Hosea 14:6
“His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon.”
Verse in context — Hosea 14
4
I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him.
5
I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.
6
His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon.
7
They that dwell under his shadow shall return; they shall revive [as] the corn, and grow as the vine: the scent thereof [shall be] as the wine of Lebanon.
8
Ephraim [shall say], What have I to do any more with idols? I have heard [him], and observed him: I [am] like a green fir tree. From me is thy fruit found.
About Hosea
God’s steadfast love for His unfaithful people, symbolized through Hosea’s marriage.
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