King James Version
Hosea 1:5 in the King James Version says “And it shall come to pass at that day, that I will break the bow of Israel in the valley of Jezreel.” — study this verse from Hosea chapter 1 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And it shall come to pass at that day, that I will break the bow of Israel in the valley of Jezreel.”
Hosea 1:5 · KJV
So he went and took Gomer the daughter of Diblaim; which conceived, and bare him a son.
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. avenge: Heb. visit
And it shall come to pass at that day, that I will break the bow of Israel in the valley of Jezreel.
And she conceived again, and bare a daughter. And God said unto him, Call her name Loruhamah: for I will no more have mercy upon the house of Israel; but I will utterly take them away. Loruhamah: that is, Not having obtained mercy no: Heb. not add any more to but: or, that I should altogether pardon them
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.
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to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
“And it shall come to pass at that day”
H3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“of Israel”
H3478he will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
“of Jezreel”
H3157jizreel, the name of two places in palestine and of two israelites
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