Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Hosea 14:5-6
Hosea 14:5-6. I will be as the dew, &c.— These verses contain gracious promises of God's favour upon Israel's conversion, represented by different metaphors. In the fifth verse, it is described by that refreshment, which copious dews give to the grass in the heat of summer. If we consider the nature of the climate, and the necessity of dews in so hot a country, not only to refresh, but likewise to preserve life; if we consider also the beauty of the oriental lilies, the fragrance of the... read more
Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Hosea 14:7
"They that dwell under his shadow shall return; they shall revive as the grain, and blossom as the vine: the scent thereof shall be as the wine of Lebanon.""This, of course, cannot be applied in any ultimate sense to the restoration of the Jews in the days of Ezra and Zerubbabel, for the subsequent history of the Jews does not bear this description out. This is Hosea's way of expressing God's promise to fulfil the covenant God made with Abraham and Abraham's spiritual posterity (Christians). It... read more