Hosea 1:5
3 So Hosea went and married Gomer daughter of Diblaim, and she conceived and bore him a son.
4 Then the LORD said to Hosea, “Name him Jezreel, for soon I will bring the bloodshed of Jezreel upon the house of Jehu, and I will put an end to the kingdom of Israel.
And on that day I will break the bow of Israel in the Valley of Jezreel.”
6 Gomer again conceived and gave birth to a daughter, and the LORD said to Hosea, “Name her Lo-ruhamah, for I will no longer have compassion on the house of Israel, that I should ever forgive them.
7 Yet I will have compassion on the house of Judah, and I will save them—not by bow or sword or war, not by horses and cavalry, but by the LORD their God.”
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- And on that day I will break the bow of Israel in the Valley of Jezreel.”
- KJV
- And it shall come to pass at that day, that I will break the bow of Israel in the valley of Jezreel.
- WEB
- It will happen in that day that I will break the bow of Israel in the valley of Jezreel.”
- ASV
- And it shall come to pass at that day, that I will break the bow of Israel in the valley of Jezreel.
- DARBY
- And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will break the bow of Israel in the valley of Jizreel.
- BLB
- And it will come to pass in that day [that] I will break the bow of Israel in the valley of Jezreel.”
- ÅB
- og det skal skje på den dag at jeg sønderbryter Israels bue i Jisre'els dal.
- OTB
- På den dagen vil jeg bryte Israels bue i Jisreels dal.”
- B1930
- og det skal skje på den dag at jeg sønderbryter Israels bue i Jisre'els dal.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Judges 6:33
Then all the Midianites, Amalekites, and other people of the east gathered together, crossed over the Jordan, and camped in the Valley of Jezreel.
Read in contextJoshua 17:16
“The hill country is not enough for us,” they replied, “and all the Canaanites who live in the valley have iron chariots, both in Beth-shean with its towns and in the Valley of Jezreel.”
Read in contextJeremiah 51:56
For a destroyer is coming against her— against Babylon. Her warriors will be captured, and their bows will be broken, for the LORD is a God of retribution; He will repay in full.
Read in contextPsalms 37:15
But their swords will pierce their own hearts, and their bows will be broken.
Read in contextPsalms 46:9
He makes wars to cease throughout the earth; He breaks the bow and shatters the spear; He burns the shields in the fire.
Read in contextJeremiah 49:34–35
This is the word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning Elam at the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah.
Read in contextHosea 2:18
On that day I will make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field and the birds of the air and the creatures that crawl on the ground. And I will abolish bow and sword and weapons of war in the land, and will make them lie down in safety.
Read in context2 Kings 15:29
In the days of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came and captured Ijon, Abel-beth-maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, and Galilee, including all the land of Naphtali, and he took the people as captives to Assyria.
Read in context