6. branches —shoots, or suckers. beauty . . . as the olive —which never loses its verdure. One plant is not enough to express the graces of God's elect people. The lily depicts its lovely growth; but as it wants duration and firmness, the deeply rooted cedars of Lebanon are added; these, however, are fruitless, therefore the fruitful, peace-bearing, fragrant, ever green olive is added. smell as Lebanon —which exhaled from it the fragrance of odoriferous trees and flowers. So Israel's name shall be in good savor with all ( Genesis 27:27 ; Song of Solomon 4:11 ). return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-7" class="com-number"
Pericope (part_of)
- part_of
pericope/per-hos-14-002
절 (explains)
Source
source-manifest/jfb— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (PD)- evidence_grade: T_theological