Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
bow—the prowess (Jeremiah 49:35; 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; I Samuel 29:1).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Hosea 1:5:
Hosea 1:1
Hosea 1:7
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