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Hosea 1:4 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: King James Version

" 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. "

Hosea 1:4

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2 The beginning of the word of the LORD by Hosea. And the LORD said to Hosea, Go, take unto thee a wife of whoredoms and children of whoredoms: for the land hath committed great whoredom, departing from the LORD.

3 So he went and took Gomer the daughter of Diblaim; which conceived, and bare him a son.

4 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.

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

6 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.

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Jezreel, son of Hosea

  • Hosea Hosea is the father of Jezreel.
    Source: Hosea 1:2; Hosea 1:3; Hosea 1:4
    The beginning of the word of the LORD by Hosea. And the LORD said to Hosea, Go, take unto thee a wife of whoredoms and children of whoredoms: for the land hath committed great whoredom, departing from the LORD.
    Read Hosea 1:2
    So he went and took Gomer the daughter of Diblaim; which conceived, and bare him a son.
    Read Hosea 1:3
    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.
    Read Hosea 1:4
  • Gomer, wife of Hosea Gomer is the mother of Jezreel.
    Source: Hosea 1:3; Hosea 1:4
    So he went and took Gomer the daughter of Diblaim; which conceived, and bare him a son.
    Read Hosea 1:3
    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.
    Read Hosea 1:4

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From This Chapter

Hosea 1:1

"The word of the LORD that came unto Hosea, the son of Beeri, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel."

Hosea 1:2

"The beginning of the word of the LORD by Hosea. And the LORD said to Hosea, Go, take unto thee a wife of whoredoms and children of whoredoms: for the land hath committed great whoredom, departing from the LORD."

Hosea 1:3

"So he went and took Gomer the daughter of Diblaim; which conceived, and bare him a son."

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."

Hosea 1:6

"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."

Hosea 1:7

"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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