Hosea 1:5
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 upon the house of Jehu, and will cause to cease the kingdom of the house of Israel.
And it shall come to pass at that day, that I will break the bow of Israel in the valley of Jezreel.
6 And she conceived again, and bare a daughter. And God said unto him, Call her name Lo-ruhamah: for I will no more have mercy upon the house of Israel; but I will utterly take them away.
7 But I will have mercy upon the house of Judah, and will save them by the LORD their God, and will not save them by bow, nor by sword, nor by battle, by horses, nor by horsemen.
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 and the Amalekites and the children of the east were gathered together, and went over, and pitched in the valley of Jezreel.
Read in contextJoshua 17:16
And the children of Joseph said, The hill is not enough for us: and all the Canaanites that dwell in the land of the valley have chariots of iron, both they who are of Beth-shean and her towns, and they who are of the valley of Jezreel.
Read in contextJeremiah 51:56
Because the spoiler is come upon her, even upon Babylon, and her mighty men are taken, every one of their bows is broken: for the LORD God of recompences shall surely requite.
Read in contextPsalms 37:15
Their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows shall be broken.
Read in contextPsalms 46:9
He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; he breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; he burneth the chariot in the fire.
Read in contextJeremiah 49:34–35
The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet against Elam in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, saying,
Read in contextHosea 2:18
And in that day will I make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven, and with the creeping things of the ground: and I will break the bow and the sword and the battle out of the earth, and will make them to lie down safely.
Read in context2 Kings 15:29
In the days of Pekah king of Israel came Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abel-beth-maachah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and carried them captive to Assyria.
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