Hosea 1:4

Hosea 1:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)Then the Lord said to Hosea, “Call him Jezreel, because I will soon punish the house of Jehu for the massacre at Jezreel, and I will put an end to the kingdom of Israel.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And the Lord said to him, "Call his name Jezreel, for in just a little while I will punish the house of Jehu for the blood of Jezreel, and I will put an end to the kingdom of the house of Israel.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then the Lord said to him: “Call his name Jezreel, For in a little while I will avenge the bloodshed of Jezreel on the house of Jehu, And bring an end to the kingdom of the house of Israel.

Context of Hosea 1:4

2When the Lord first spoke through Hosea, the Lord said to Hosea, “Go, take for yourself a wife inclined to infidelity, and children of infidelity; for the land commits flagrant infidelity, abandoning the Lord.” 3So he went and took Gomer the daughter of Diblaim, and she conceived and bore him a son. And the Lord said to him, “Name him Jezreel; for in just a little while I will punish the house of Jehu for the bloodshed of Jezreel, and I will put an end to the kingdom of the house of Israel. 5On that day I will break the bow of Israel in the Valley of Jezreel.” 6Then she conceived again and gave birth to a daughter. And the Lord said to him, “Name her Lo-ruhamah, for I will no longer take pity on the house of Israel, that I would ever forgive them.

Hosea 1:4 word by word

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר יְהוָה֙ אֵלָ֔יו קְרָ֥א שְׁמ֖וֹ יִזְרְעֶ֑אל כִּי־ע֣וֹד מְעַ֗ט וּפָ֨קַדְתִּ֜י אֶת־דְּמֵ֤י יִזְרְעֶאל֙ עַל־בֵּ֣ית יֵה֔וּא וְהִ֨שְׁבַּתִּ֔י מַמְלְכ֖וּת בֵּ֥ית יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Read the interlinear

• And the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• to him, “Nameקָרָאqârâ' · to call: call byH7121
• to him, “Nameשֵׁםshêm · nameH8034
• Jezreelיִזְרְעֶאלyizre‛ê'l · JezreelH3157
• for in justעוֹד‛ôd ‛ôd · stillH5750
• a littleמְעַטme‛aţ me‛âţ · littleH4592
• punishפָּקַדpâqad · to reckon: punishH6485
• the houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: householdH1004
• of Jehuיֵהוּאyêhû' · JehuH3058
• for the bloodshedדָּםdâm · bloodH1818
• I will putשָׁבַתshâbath · to ceaseH7673
• anשָׁבַתshâbath · to ceaseH7673
• the kingdomמַמְלָכוּתmamlâkûth · kingdomH4468
• of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478

Cross-references for Hosea 1:4

• Hosea 1:6Then she conceived again and gave birth to a daughter. And the Lord said to him, “Name her Lo-ruhamah, for I will no longer take pity on the house of Israel, that I would ever forgive them.
• Isaiah 7:14Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and she will name Him Immanuel.
• Isaiah 9:6For a Child will be born to us, a Son will be given to us; And the government will rest on His shoulders; And His name will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Eternal Father, Prince of Peace.
• Matthew 1:21She will give birth to a Son; and you shall name Him Jesus, for He will save His people from their sins.”
• Luke 1:13But the angel said to him, “Do not be afraid, Zechariah, for your prayer has been heard, and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you shall name him John.
• John 1:42He brought him to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said, “You are Simon the son of John; you shall be called Cephas” (which is translated Peter).
• 2 Kings 9:24Then Jehu drew his bow with his full strength and shot Joram between his arms; and the arrow went through his heart, and he sank in his chariot.
• 2 Kings 10:7When the letter came to them, they took the king’s sons and slaughtered them, seventy men, and put their heads in baskets, and sent them to him at Jezreel.
• 2 Kings 15:10Then Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired against him, and struck him in the presence of the people and killed him, and reigned in his place.
• Hosea 2:13I will punish her for the days of the Baals When she used to offer sacrifices to them And adorn herself with her nose ring and jewelry, And follow her lovers, so that she forgot Me,” declares the Lord.
• Hosea 9:17My God will reject them Because they have not listened to Him; And they will be wanderers among the nations.
• Jeremiah 23:2Therefore this is what the Lord, the God of Israel says concerning the shepherds who are tending My people: “You have scattered My flock and driven them away, and have not been concerned about them; behold, I am going to call you to account for the evil of your deeds,” declares the Lord.
• 2 Kings 15:29In the days of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath-pileser the king of Assyria came and took Ijon, Abel-beth-maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali; and he led their populations into exile to Assyria.
• 2 Kings 17:6In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria and led the people of Israel into exile to Assyria, and settled them in Halah and Habor, on the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.
• 2 Kings 18:9Now in the fourth year of King Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, Shalmaneser king of Assyria marched against Samaria and besieged it.
• 1 Chronicles 5:25But they were untrue to the God of their fathers and prostituted themselves with the gods of the peoples of the land, whom God had destroyed before them.

Commentaries on Hosea 1:4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4Call his name Jezreel - יזרעאל that is, God will disperse. This seems to intimate that a dispersion or sowing of Israel shall take place; which happened under Shalmaneser, king of Assyria, 2 Kings 17:5, 2 Kings 17:6. But the word refers also to the name of a city, where Jehu slew Jezebel and all the children of Ahab. 2 Kings 9:10, 2 Kings 9:36; 2 Kings 10:6. This was one of those prophetic names which we so often meet with in the Scriptures; e.g. Japheth…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4Call his name Jezreel - that is, in its first sense here, “God will scatter.” The life of the prophet, and his union with one so unworthy of him, were a continued prophecy of God‘s mercy. The names of the children were a life-long admonition of His intervening judgments. Since Israel refused to hear God‘s words, He made the prophet‘s sons, through the mere fact of their presence among them, their going out and coming in, and the names which He gave them…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4Jezreel is a fertile valley in north-central Israel. The murders Jehu committed at Jezreel are described in 2 Kings 9–10.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. Jezreel--that is, "God will scatter" (compare Zec 10:9). It was the royal city of Ahab and his successors, in the tribe of Issachar. Here Jehu exercised his greatest cruelties (2Ki 9:16, 25, 33; 10:11, 14, 17). There is in the name an allusion to "Israel" by a play of letters and sounds.Read the comment

Topics related to Hosea 1:4

• Backsliders
• Homicide
• Israel, Prophecies Concerning
• Jehu
• Jezreel
• Name
• Symbols and Similitudes

In the dictionaries

• Israel
• Jehu
• Jezreel
• Blood
• Jezreel, Blood of
• Avenge; Avenger
• Hosea
• Israel, History of
• Song of Songs
• Zechariah, Book 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