The Family of Hosea
a“Go, take yourself a wife of harlotry
And children of harlotry,
For bthe land has committed great harlotry
By departing from the Lord.”
“Call his name Jezreel,
For in a little while
aI will avenge the bloodshed of Jezreel on the house of Jehu,
bAnd bring an end to the kingdom of the house of Israel.
That I will break the bow of Israel in the Valley of Jezreel.”
“Call her name1 Lo-Ruhamah,
aFor I will no longer have mercy on the house of Israel,
1But I will utterly take them away.
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Hosea 1:4
Call his name Jezreel - 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, II Kings 17:5, II Kings 17:6. But the word refers also to the name of a city, where Jehu slew Jezebel and all the children of Ahab. II Kings 9:10, II Kings 9:36; II Kings 10:6.
This was one of those prophetic names which we so often meet with in the Scriptures; e.g. Japheth Abraham, Israel, Judah, Joshua, Zerubbabel, Solomon, Sheer-jashub, etc.
The blood of Jezreel - Not Jehu' s vengeance on Ahab' s family, but his acts of cruelty while he resided at Jezreel, a city in the tribe of Issachar, Joshua 19:18, where the kings of Israel had a palace, I Kings 21:1.
Will cause to cease the kingdom - Either relating to the cutting off of the kingdom of Israel by the Assyrians, see I Kings 21:6, or to the ceasing of the kingdom of Israel from the house of Jehu, II Kings 10:30, and which was fulfilled, II Kings 15:10. - Newcome.
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