Hosea 1:7
But I will have mercy on the house of Judah, and will save them by the Lord their God, and will not save them with bow, nor with sword, nor by war, nor by horses, nor by horsemen.
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
In Context
8And she weaned Unpitied; and she conceived again, and bore a son.
Cross References
Exodus 14:30So the Lord delivered Israel in that day from the hand of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians dead by the shore of the sea.
2 Kings 19:34And I will defend this city as with a shield, for my own sake, and for my servant David’s sake.
Psalms 33:16The eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, 1 And his ears are open to their prayer: 1
Psalms 44:7Thy throne, O God, is forever and ever: 1 The scepter of thy kingdom is a scepter of righteousness. 1
Isaiah 12:2Behold, my God is my Savior; I will trust in him, and not be afraid: for the Lord is my glory and my praise, and is become my salvation.
Isaiah 49:6And he said to me, It is a great thing for thee to be called my servant, to establish the tribes of Jacob, and to recover the dispersion of Israel: behold, I have given thee for the covenant of a race, for a light of the Gentiles, that thou shouldest be for salvation to 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 →