en_tn/hos/14/04.md

Yahweh is speaking.

I will be like the dew to Israel

Yahweh's actions will nourish Israel as a people in the same way dew gives water to the plants. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile)

he will blossom like the lily

Israel will flourish as a result. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile)

and take root like a cedar in Lebanon

Israel will be established by Yahweh's love. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile)

his beauty will be like the olive trees

Israel will be in good health and well-being. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile)

and his fragrance like the cedars in Lebanon

Israel will be renewed and smell pleasant again. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile)