And it shall come to pass at that day, that I will break the bow of Israel in the valley of Jezreel.
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Gill's Exposition
And it shall come to pass at that day,.... When the Lord shall take vengeance on the family of Jehu, and deprive them of the kingdom of Israel, and shall punish the idolatrous kings that succeed:…
Barnes' Notes
I will break the bow of Israel in the valley of Jezreel - The valley of Jezreel is a beautiful and a broad valley or plain, stretching, from West to East, from Mount Carmel and the sea to the Jordan,…
These words, The beginning of the word of the Lord by Hosea, may refer either, 1. To that glorious set of prophets which was raised up about this time. About this time there lived and prophesied Joel,…
Cambridge Bible
the bow of Israel The bow, the symbol of power (Gen 49:24; Jer 49:35).
in the valley of Jezreel It seemed fitting that this -battlefield of Palestine" (as the valley of Jezreel had already become, see…
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