Hosea 1:5
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“And on that day I will break the bow of Israel in the Valley of Jezreel.””
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“And on that day I will break the bow of Israel in the Valley of Jezreel.””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And it shall come to pass at that day, that I will break the bow of Israel in the valley of Jezreel.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And it shall come to pass at that day, that I will break the bow of Israel in the valley of Jezreel.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and it hath come to pass in that day that I have broken the bow of Israel, in the valley of Jezreel.'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Hosea 1:5 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Joshua 17:16“The hill country is not enough for us,” they replied, “and all the Canaanites who live in the valley have iron chariots, both in Beth-shean with its towns and in the Valley of Jezreel.”
- Judges 6:33Then all the Midianites, Amalekites, and other people of the east gathered together, crossed over the Jordan, and camped in the Valley of Jezreel.
- 2 Kings 15:29In the days of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came and captured Ijon, Abel-beth-maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, and Galilee, including all the land of Naphtali, and he took the people as captives to Assyria.
- Psalms 37:15But their swords will pierce their own hearts, and their bows will be broken.
- Psalms 46:9He makes wars to cease throughout the earth; He breaks the bow and shatters the spear; He burns the shields in the fire.
- Jeremiah 49:34This is the word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning Elam at the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah.
- Jeremiah 51:56For a destroyer is coming against her— against Babylon. Her warriors will be captured, and their bows will be broken, for the LORD is a God of retribution; He will repay in full.
- Hosea 2:18On that day I will make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field and the birds of the air and the creatures that crawl on the ground. And I will abolish bow and sword and weapons of war in the land, and will make them lie down in safety.
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