Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
Judah is only incidentally mentioned to form a contrast to Israel.
by the Lord their God—more emphatic than "by Myself"; by that Jehovah (Me) whom they worship as their God, whereas ye despise Him.
not . . . by bow—on which ye Israelites rely (Hosea 1:5, "the bow of Israel"); Jeroboam II was famous as a warrior (II Kings 14:25). Yet it was not by their warlike power Jehovah would save Judah (I Samuel 17:47; Psalms 20:7). The deliverance of Jerusalem from Sennacherib (II Kings 19:35), and the restoration from Babylon, are herein predicted.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Hosea 1:7:
Hosea 1:1
Zechariah 4:6
Zechariah 10:12
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