Hosea 1:5

Hosea 1:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And it shall come to pass at that day, that I will break the bow of Israel in the valley of Jezreel.
• New International Version (NIV)In that day I will break Israel’s bow in the Valley of Jezreel.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)And on that day I will break the bow of Israel in the Valley of Jezreel."
• New King James Version (NKJV)It shall come to pass in that day That I will break the bow of Israel in the Valley of Jezreel.”

Context of Hosea 1:5

3So he went and took Gomer the daughter of Diblaim, and she conceived and bore him a son. 4And the Lord said to him, “Name him Jezreel; for yet in a little while I will avenge the blood [that was shed in the Valley] of Jezreel and inflict the punishment for it on the house of Jehu, and I will put an end to the kingdom of the house of Israel. On that day I will break the bow [of the military power] of Israel in the Valley of Jezreel.” 6Then Gomer conceived again and gave birth to a daughter. And the Lord said to Hosea, “Name her Lo-Ruhamah (not shown mercy), for I will no longer have mercy on the house of Israel, that I would ever forgive them. 7But I will have mercy on the house of Judah and will rescue them by the Lord their God, and will not rescue them by bow, sword, war, horses, or horsemen.”

Hosea 1:5 word by word

וְהָיָ֖ה בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֑וּא וְשָֽׁבַרְתִּי֙ אֶת־קֶ֣שֶׁת יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל בְּעֵ֖מֶק יִזְרְעֶֽאל׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And it shall come to pass at that dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• that I will breakשָׁבַרshâbar · to breakH7665
• the bowקֶ֫שֶׁתqesheth · bowH7198
• of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• in the valleyעֵ֫מֶק‛êmeq · Valley (of Jezreel)H6010
• of Jezreelיִזְרְעֶאלyizre‛ê'l · (Valley of) JezreelH3157

Cross-references for Hosea 1:5

• Hosea 2:18And in that day I will make a covenant for Israel With the animals of the open country And with the birds of the heavens And with the creeping things of the ground. And I will abolish the bow and the sword and [banish] war from the land And will make them lie down in safety.
• Psalms 37:15The sword [of the ungodly] will enter their own heart, And their bow will be broken.
• Psalms 46:9He makes wars to cease to the end of the earth; He breaks the bow into pieces and snaps the spear in two; He burns the chariots with fire.
• Jeremiah 49:34The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning Elam, in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, saying:
• Jeremiah 51:56For the destroyer is coming against her, against Babylon; And her mighty warriors will be captured, Their bows are shattered; For the Lord is a God of [just] restitution; He will fully repay.
• Joshua 17:16The sons of Joseph said, “The hill country is not enough for us, and all the Canaanites who live in the valley have iron chariots, both those who are in Beth-shean and its towns and those in the Valley of Jezreel.”
• Judges 6:33Then all the Midianites and the Amalekites and the people of the east assembled together; and they crossed over [the Jordan] and camped in the Valley of Jezreel.

Commentaries on Hosea 1:5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5In the valley of Jezreel - This also is supposed to relate either to some signal defeat of the Israelites by the Assyrians, which took place in the valley of Jezreel; or to the death of Zechariah, the fourth lineal descendant of Jehu, which may have happened here. See 2 Kings 15:10. - Newcome.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5I will break the bow of Israel in the valley of Jezreel - The valley of Jezreel is a beautiful and a broad valley or plain, stretching, from West to East, from Mount Carmel and the sea to the Jordan, which it reaches through two arms, between the Mountains of Gilboa, little Hermon, and Tabor; and from South to North from the Mountains of Ephraim to those of Galilee. Nazareth lay on its northern side. It is called “the great plain” (Judges 4:4 ff), and of…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5King Tiglath-pileser III of Assyria fulfilled this prophecy in 733 BC by defeating the Israelite forces and capturing the Valley of Jezreel.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. bow--the prowess (Jr 49:35; compare Ge 49:24). valley of Jezreel--afterwards called Esdraelon, extending ten miles in breadth, and in length from Jordan to the Mediterranean near Mount Carmel, the great battlefield of Palestine (Jud 6:33; 1Sa 29:1).Read the comment

Topics related to Hosea 1:5

• Backsliders
• Bow
• Israel, Prophecies Concerning
• Jezreel
• Symbols and Similitudes

In the dictionaries

• Israel
• Jezreel
• Israel, Israelites
• Jacob, Israel
• Jezreel, Jezreelite
• That Day
• Archer
• Blood
• Jezreel, Day of
• Jezreel, Valley of

Commentaries on Hosea 1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings