Hosea 1:5

and it hath come to pass in that day that I have broken the bow of Israel, in the valley of Jezreel.'

Young's Literal Translation

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 Jehovah saith unto him, 'Call his name Jezreel, for yet a little, and I have charged the blood of Jezreel on the house of Jehu, and have caused to cease the kingdom of the house of Israel;

6And she conceiveth again, and beareth a daughter, and He saith to him, 'Call her name Lo-Ruhamah, for I add no more to pity the house of Israel, for I do utterly take them away;

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Cross References

Judges 6:33And all Midian and Amalek and the sons of the east have been gathered together, and pass over, and encamp in the valley of Jezreel,

Psalms 37:15Their sword doth enter into their own heart, And their bows are shivered.

Jeremiah 49:34That which hath been the word of Jehovah unto Jeremiah the prophet concerning Elam, in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, saying:

Hosea 2:18And I have made to them a covenant in that day, with the beast of the field, And with the fowl of the heavens, And the creeping thing of the ground, And bow, and sword, and war I break from off the land, And have caused them to lie down confidently.

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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