Hosea 1:5

King James Version:

(The Lord speaking is red text)

And it shall come to pass at that day, that I will break the bow of Israel in the valley of Jezreel.

Complete Jewish Bible:

When that day comes, I will break the bow of Isra'el in the Yizre'el Valley."

Berean Standard Bible:

And on that day I will break the bow of Israel in the Valley of Jezreel.”

American Standard Version:

And it shall come to pass at that day, that I will break the bow of Israel in the valley of Jezreel.

KJV with Strong’s Numbers:

And it shall come to pass at that day{H3117}, that I will break{H7665} the bow{H7198} of Israel{H3478} in the valley{H6010} of Jezreel{H3157}.

Cross-References (KJV):

Joshua 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 Bethshean and her towns, and [they] who [are] of the valley of Jezreel.

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.

2 Kings 15:29

  • In the days of Pekah king of Israel came Tiglathpileser king of Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abelbethmaachah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and carried them captive to Assyria.

Psalms 37:15

  • Their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows shall be broken.

Jeremiah 49:34

  • ¶ 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,

Jeremiah 49:35

  • Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will break the bow of Elam, the chief of their might.

Hosea 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.

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Commentary for Hosea 1:5

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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:

Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)

  1. Strong's Number: H3117
    There are 1931 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: יוֹם
    Transliteration: yôwm
    Pronunciation: yome
    Description: from an unused root meaning to be hot; a 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 associated term), (often used adverb); age, [phrase] always, [phrase] chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), [phrase] elder, [idiom] end, [phrase] evening, [phrase] (for) ever(-lasting, -more), [idiom] full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, [phrase] old, [phrase] outlived, [phrase] perpetually, presently, [phrase] remaineth, [idiom] required, season, [idiom] since, space, then, (process of) time, [phrase] as at other times, [phrase] in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), [idiom] whole ([phrase] age), (full) year(-ly), [phrase] younger.
  2. Strong's Number: H7665
    There are 145 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: שָׁבַר
    Transliteration: shâbar
    Pronunciation: shaw-bar'
    Description: a primitive root; to burst (literally or figuratively); break (down, off, in pieces, up), broken (-hearted), bring to the birth, crush, destroy, hurt, quench, [idiom] quite, tear, view (by mistake for שָׂבַר).
  3. Strong's Number: H7198
    There are 74 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: קֶשֶׁת
    Transliteration: qesheth
    Pronunciation: keh'-sheth
    Description: from קָשָׁה in the original sense (of קוֹשׁ) of bending; a bow, forshooting (hence, figuratively, strength) or the iris; [idiom] arch(-er), [phrase] arrow, bow(-man, -shot).
  4. Strong's Number: H3478
    There are 2229 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: יִשְׂרָאֵל
    Transliteration: Yisrâʼêl
    Pronunciation: yis-raw-ale'
    Description: from שָׂרָה and אֵל; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity; Israel.
  5. Strong's Number: H6010
    There are 64 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: עֵמֶק
    Transliteration: ʻêmeq
    Pronunciation: ay'-mek
    Description: from עָמַק; a vale (i.e. broad depression); dale, vale, valley (often used as a part of proper names). See also בֵּית הָעֵמֶק.
  6. Strong's Number: H3157
    There are 32 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: יִזְרְעֵאל
    Transliteration: Yizrᵉʻêʼl
    Pronunciation: yiz-reh-ale'
    Description: from זָרַע and אֵל; God will sow; Jizreel, the name of two places in Palestine and of two Israelites; Jezreel.