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James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Hosea 1:4

"And Jehovah 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 the kingdom of the house of Israel to cease.""Call his name Jezreel ..." This town gave its name to the eastern portion of the great plain between Galilee and Samaria, the western part being called Esdraelon. Megiddo, the ancient stronghold of the pre-Israelite Canaanites, from which is derived the name Har-Megiddo, or Armageddon, was also on... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Hosea 1:5

"And it shall come to pass at that day, that I will break the bow of Israel in the valley of Jezreel.""Break the bow ..." By metonymy, this means that the total military power of Israel will be destroyed in the valley of Jezreel. This occurred exactly as Hosea prophesied, for it was in that very valley that the crushing defeat of Israel by Shalmanezer resulted in the final ruin of the kingdom and the deportation of its inhabitants to Assyria, from which disaster Israel never recovered. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Hosea 1:6

"And she conceived again and bare a daughter. And Jehovah said unto him, Call her name Lo-ruhamah; for I will no more have mercy upon the house of Israel, that I should in any wise pardon them.""Conceived and bare a daughter ..." Note that it is not stated here that Gomer bare Hosea a daughter. Some have considered this an unimportant variation, pointing to the economy of words in the narrative and the obvious purpose of focusing attention upon the symbolical names of the children; but the very... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Hosea 1:4

Hosea 1:4. Call his name Jezreel— For the honourable name of Israel is too good for this people. Call them therefore Jezreel, a people devoted to dispersion, and such as I will scatter unto the four winds of heaven, as the seedsman scattereth his seed. For yet a little while— And yet this little while was a long while, through God's gracious forbearance. Bad as this people were, they should not perish without repeated wanting. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Hosea 1:5

Hosea 1:5. That I will break the bow of Israel, &c.— St. Jerome says, the Israelites were overthrown by the Assyrians in a pitched battle in the plain of Jezrael or Jezreel. But of any such battle we have no mention in history, sacred or profane. But Tiglath-pileser took several of the principal cities in that plain, in the reign of Pekah. And afterwards, in the reign of Hoshea, Samaria was taken by Shalmanazer after a siege of three years; and this put an end to the kingdom of the ten... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Hosea 1:6

Hosea 1:6. For I will no more have mercy, &c.— For I will no more cherish with tenderness the house of Israel, insomuch as to be perpetually forgiving them. Bishop Horsley. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Hosea 1:4

4. Jezreel—that is, "God will scatter" (compare :-). It was the royal city of Ahab and his successors, in the tribe of Issachar. Here Jehu exercised his greatest cruelties (2 Kings 9:16; 2 Kings 9:25; 2 Kings 9:33; 2 Kings 10:11; 2 Kings 10:14; 2 Kings 10:17). There is in the name an allusion to "Israel" by a play of letters and sounds. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Hosea 1:5

5. bow—the prowess ( :-; compare Genesis 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 (Judges 6:33; 1 Samuel 29:1). read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Hosea 1:6

6. Lo-ruhamah—that is, "not an object of mercy or gracious favor." take . . . away—Israel, as a kingdom, was never restored from Assyria, as Judah was from Babylon after seventy years. MAURER translates according to the primary meaning, "No more will I have mercy on the house of Israel, so as to pardon them." read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Hosea 1:2-9

A. Signs of coming judgment 1:2-9The Lord used Hosea’s family members as signs to communicate His message of coming judgment on Israel. read more

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