"How shall I surrender you, O Israel!

My heart is turned within Me,
My compassion grows like a flame.
I will not execute My fierce anger,
I will not again destroy Ephraim;

For I am God and not man,
The Holy One in your midst,
And I will not come to destroy."

-the Lord, Hosea 11.

dew.

"I will be as the dew to Israel;
He shall blossom as the lily,
His shoots shall spread out;
His beauty shall be like the olive..."

Let us know, let us press on to know the Lord.

For He has torn, that He may heal us;
He has stricken, and He will bind us up.

let us know, let us press on to know the Lord."

-excerpts, hosea.

like latter rain.

"His appearance is as sure as daybreak,
and He will come to us like rain,
like latter rain that refreshes the earth."

-hosea 6.