Hos 1:4 | Clarke | e4.org | Verse 4. Call his name Jezreel ] that is, God will disperse . This seems to intimate that a dispersion or sowing of Israel shall take place; which happened under Shalmaneser, king of Assyria, . But the word refers also to the name of a city , where Jehu slew Jezebel and all the children of Ahab. . This was one of those prophetic names which we so often meet with in the Scriptures; e.g. Japheth Abraham, Israel, Judah, Joshua, Zerubbabel, Solomon, Sheer-jashub, &c. The blood of Jezreel ] Not Jehu's vengeance on Ahab's family, but his acts of cruelty while he resided at Jezreel, a city in the tribe of Issachar, , where the kings of Israel had a palace, . Will cause to cease the kingdom ] Either relating to the cutting off of the kingdom of Israel by the Assyrians, see , or to the ceasing of the kingdom of Israel from the house of Jehu , , and which was fulfilled, .

‏ Hosea 1:4

Verse 4. Call his name Jezreel] that is, God will disperse. This seems to intimate that a dispersion or sowing of Israel shall take place; which happened under Shalmaneser, king of Assyria, 2Ki 17:5, 6. But the word refers also to the name of a city, where Jehu slew Jezebel and all the children of Ahab. 2Ki 9:10, 36; 10:6.

This was one of those prophetic names which we so often meet with in the Scriptures; e.g. Japheth Abraham, Israel, Judah, Joshua, Zerubbabel, Solomon, Sheer-jashub, &c.

The blood of Jezreel] Not Jehu's vengeance on Ahab's family, but his acts of cruelty while he resided at Jezreel, a city in the tribe of Issachar, Jos 19:18, where the kings of Israel had a palace, 1Ki 21:1.

Will cause to cease the kingdom] Either relating to the cutting off of the kingdom of Israel by the Assyrians, see Ho 1:6, or to the ceasing of the kingdom of Israel from the house of Jehu, 2Ki 10:30, and which was fulfilled, 2Ki 15:10.

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