Hosea 1:7
But upon the house of Judah will I have mercy, and I will save them through the Lord their God, and I will not save them by the bow, or by the sword, or by battle, by horses, or by horsemen.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
In Context
8Now when she had weaned Lo-ruchamah, she conceived, and bore a son.
Cross References
Exodus 14:30Thus the Lord saved Israel on that day out of the land of the Egyptians; and Israel saw the Egyptians dead upon the shore of the sea.
2 Kings 19:34And I will shield this city, to save it, for my own sake, and for the sake of David my servant.
Psalms 33:16The king is not saved by the multitude of an army: a mighty man is not delivered by much strength.
Psalms 44:7(44:8) But thou helpest us against our assailants, and those that hate us thou puttest to shame.
Isaiah 12:2Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust him; for my strength and song is Yah the Eternal: and he is become my salvation.”
Isaiah 49:6And he said, It is too light a thing that thou shouldst be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to bring back the preserved of Israel! but I will [also] appoint thee for a light to the nations, that my salvation may reach as far as the end 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 →