Hosea 1:7
Yet I will have mercy on the house of Judah, and I will save them by the Lord their God. And I will not save them by bow and sword and battle and horses and horsemen.”
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In Context
8And she weaned her, who was called Without Mercy. And she conceived and bore a son.
Cross References
Exodus 14:30And so the Lord freed Israel on that day from the hand of the Egyptians.
2 Kings 19:34And I will protect this city, and I will save it for my own sake, and for the sake of my servant David.”
Psalms 33:16The eyes of the Lord are on the just, and his ears are with their prayers.
Psalms 44:7Your throne, O God, is forever and ever. The scepter of your kingdom is a scepter of true aim.
Isaiah 12:2Behold, God is my savior, I will act faithfully, and I will not be afraid. For the Lord is my strength and my praise, and he has become my salvation.”
Isaiah 49:6and so he has said: “It is a small thing that you should be my servant so as to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and so as to convert the dregs of Israel. Behold, I have offered you as a light for the Gentiles, so that you may be my salvation, even to the furthest regions of the earth.”
Matthew Henry on Hosea 1:3-8
The Prophet's Marriage; Threatenings against Israel; Intimation of Mercy to Judah. ( b. c. 768.) 2 The beginning of the word of the Lord by Hosea. And the Lord said to Hosea, Go, take unto thee a wife of whoredoms and children of whoredoms: for the land hath committed great whoredom, departing from the Lord . 3 So he went and took Gomer the daughter of Diblaim; which conceived, and bare him a son. 4 And the Lord said unto him, Call his name Jezreel; for yet a little while, and I will avenge the blood of Jezreel… Read the whole commentary →