I will be like the dew to Israel; he shall blossom like the lily; he shall take root like the trees of Lebanon;
it shall blossom abundantly and rejoice with joy and singing. The glory of Lebanon shall be given to it, the majesty of Carmel and Sharon. They shall see the glory of the Lord, the majesty of our God.
In days to come Jacob shall take root, Israel shall blossom and put forth shoots and fill the whole world with fruit.
so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith—that you, being rooted and grounded in love,
And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin,
May there be abundance of grain in the land; on the tops of the mountains may it wave; may its fruit be like Lebanon; and may people blossom in the cities like the grass of the field!
my roots spread out to the waters, with the dew all night on my branches,
May my teaching drop as the rain, my speech distill as the dew, like gentle rain upon the tender grass, and like showers upon the herb.
Then the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many peoples like dew from the Lord, like showers on the grass, which delay not for a man nor wait for the children of man.
Thus says the Lord God: “I myself will take a sprig from the lofty top of the cedar and will set it out. I will break off from the topmost of its young twigs a tender one, and I myself will plant it on a high and lofty mountain. On the mountain height of Israel will I plant it, that it may bear branches and produce fruit and become a noble cedar. And under it will dwell every kind of bird; in the shade of its branches birds of every sort will nest. And all the trees of the field shall know that I am the Lord; I bring low the high tree, and make high the low tree, dry up the green tree, and make the dry tree flourish. I am the Lord; I have spoken, and I will do it.”
For I will pour water on the thirsty land, and streams on the dry ground; I will pour my Spirit upon your offspring, and my blessing on your descendants.
Your dead shall live; their bodies shall rise. You who dwell in the dust, awake and sing for joy! For your dew is a dew of light, and the earth will give birth to the dead.
For thus the Lord said to me: “I will quietly look from my dwelling like clear heat in sunshine, like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.”
May he be like rain that falls on the mown grass, like showers that water the earth!
And the surviving remnant of the house of Judah shall again take root downward and bear fruit upward.
he dawns on them like the morning light, like the sun shining forth on a cloudless morning, like rain that makes grass to sprout from the earth.
Consider the lilies, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin, yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
Your two breasts are like two fawns, twins of a gazelle, that graze among the lilies.
My beloved is mine, and I am his; he grazes among the lilies.
I am a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valleys. As a lily among brambles, so is my love among the young women.
A king's wrath is like the growling of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.
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