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 Hosea went and married Gomer daughter of Diblaim, and she conceived and bore him a son. 4Then 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.” 6Gomer 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. 7Yet 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.”

Hosea 1:5 word by word

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

• Andהָיָהhâyâh · to beH1961
• on thatהוּאhû' hîy' · he/she/itH1931
• dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• I will breakשָׁבַרshâbar · to breakH7665
• ·אֵת'êth · [Obj.]H853
• 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 2:18On 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 battle in the land, and will make them lie down in safety.
• Psalms 37:15But their swords will pierce their own hearts, and their bows will be broken.
• Psalms 46:9He makes wars to cease throughout the earth; He breaks the bow and shatters the spear; He burns the shields in the fire.
• Jeremiah 49:34This 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.
• Jeremiah 51:56For 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.
• Joshua 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.”
• Judges 6:33Then all the Midianites, Amalekites, and other people of the east gathered together, 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