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On that day I will break the bow [of the military power] of Israel in the Valley of Jezreel.”

Then Gomer conceived again and gave birth to a daughter. And the Lord said to Hosea, “Name her Lo-Ruhamah (not shown mercy), for I will no longer have mercy on the house of Israel, that I would ever forgive them. But I will have mercy on the house of Judah and will rescue them by the Lord their God, and will [a]not rescue them by bow, sword, war, horses, or horsemen.”(A)

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 1:7 Isaiah also made this prophecy (Is 31:8, 9) and both he and Hosea lived to see its fulfillment (Is 37:36). See also 2 Kin 19:35-37.

In that day I will break Israel’s bow in the Valley of Jezreel.(A)

Gomer(B) conceived again and gave birth to a daughter. Then the Lord said to Hosea, “Call her Lo-Ruhamah (which means “not loved”),(C) for I will no longer show love to Israel,(D) that I should at all forgive them. Yet I will show love to Judah; and I will save them—not by bow,(E) sword or battle, or by horses and horsemen, but I, the Lord their God,(F) will save them.”

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