Hosea 1:4
Yahweh said to Hosea, 1 “Call his name Jezreel. 1 For in a little while 1 I will punish the house of Jehu 1 for the bloodshed at Jezreel, 1 and I will put an end 1 to the kingdom of the house of Israel. 1
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3So Hosea went and married Gomer daughter of Diblaim, and she conceived and bore him a son.
5It will happen on the day 1 that I break the bow of Israel 1 in the Valley of Jezreel.”
Cross References
Joshua 19:18Their territory included Jezreel, Chesulloth, Shunem,
2 Kings 10:1Now Ahab had seventy descendants in Samaria. Jehu wrote letters and sent them to Samaria, to the rulers of Jezreel, including the elders and the guardians of Ahab's descendants, saying,
2 Kings 10:10Now you should certainly realize that no part of Yahweh's word, the word that he spoke concerning the family of Ahab, will fall to the ground, for Yahweh has done what he spoke about through his servant Elijah.”
2 Kings 10:17When he came to Samaria, Jehu killed all who remained from Ahab's descendants in Samaria, until he had destroyed Ahab's royal line, just as was told them before by the word of Yahweh, which he had spoken to Elijah.
2 Kings 15:10Shallum son of Jabesh conspired against Zechariah, attacked him in Ibleam, and killed him. Then he became king in his place.
2 Kings 17:6In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria took Samaria and carried Israel away to Assyria. He put them in Halah, at the Habor River of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.
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 →