Hosea 1:5

And it shall be, in that day, that I will break the bow of Israel in the Valley of Jezreel.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

And it shall come to pass at that day, that I will break the bow of Israel in the valley of Jezreel.

In Context

4And the Lord said to him, Call his name Jezreel; for yet a little while, and I will avenge the blood of Jezreel on the house of Judah, and will make to cease the kingdom of the house of Israel.

6And she conceived again, and bore a daughter. And he said to him, Call her name, Unpitied: for I will no more have mercy on the house of Israel, but will surely set myself in array against them.

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Cross References

Judges 6:33And all Midian, and Amalek, and the sons of the east gathered themselves together, and encamped in the Valley of Jezreel.

Psalms 37:15And I was as a man that hears not, 1 And who has no reproofs in his mouth. 1

Hosea 2:18And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord, that she shall call me, My husband, and shall no longer call me Baalim.

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 →

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