Hosea 1:5

Modern English Version

On that day, I will break the bow of Israel in the Valley of Jezreel.”

Cross References

2 Kings 15:29

In the days of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria came and took Ijon, Abel of Beth-maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, Galilee, and all the land of Naphtali, and then exiled them to Assyria.

Psalm 37:15

Their sword shall enter their own heart, and their bows shall be broken.

Psalm 46:9

He makes wars cease to the end of the earth; He breaks the bow and shatters the spear; He burns the chariot in the fire.

Jeremiah 51:56

Because the destroyer is coming against her, even upon Babylon, and her mighty men will be captured, every one of their bows are broken. For the Lord is a God of recompense; He will completely repay.

Ezekiel 39:3

And I will strike your bow out of your left hand and will cause your arrows to fall out of your right hand.

Hosea 2:18

On that day, I will make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field, with the fowls of heaven, and with the creeping things of the ground. I will break the bow and the sword and the battle from the earth, and will make them to lie down safely.

Joshua 17:16

The descendants of Joseph said, “The hill country is not enough for us, and all the Canaanites living in the plains have iron chariots, both those in Beth-shan and the Jezreel Valley.”

Judges 6:33

All the Midianites, Amalekites, and the people from the east gathered together, and they crossed over, and camped in the Valley of Jezreel.