Hosea 14:7

They that dwell … as the corn Rather, Once more shall they that dwell under his shadow bring corn to life (i.e. in prosaic language, cultivate corn). A contrast to the lamentation for the corn in Hosea 7:14. -His shadow", i.e. Israel's; Jehovah is presumably still the speaker. For the idea, comp. Jeremiah 31:5; Jeremiah 31:12.

grow[blossom] as the vine There is a transition from the prosperity of the agriculture to that of the people who live by it, as in Psalms 72:16.

the sent thereof Rather, his [i.e. Israel's] renown (lit. his memorial or name). For the comparison which follows, comp. Song of Solomon 1:3, -Thy name is as ointment poured forth."

as the wine of Lebanon The vine is still largely cultivated in every part of Lebanon. But the finest grapes in Syria are those of Helbon, a village in the Antilibanus district, a little to the north of Damascus, precisely as in the days of Ezekiel (Ezekiel 27:18) and Nebuchadnezzar (Lenormant, Étude sur quelques parties des syllabaires cunéiformesPar. 1876, p. 123).