Then the Lord said to him:

Name him Jezreel,[a](A) for in a little while
I will bring the bloodshed of Jezreel(B)
on the house of Jehu(C)
and put an end to the kingdom of the house of Israel.

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Footnotes

  1. 1:4 = God Sows

Then the Lord said to Hosea, “Call him Jezreel,(A) because I will soon punish the house of Jehu for the massacre at Jezreel, and I will put an end to the kingdom of Israel.

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16 Samaria(A) will bear her guilt(B)
because she has rebelled against her God.(C)
They will fall by the sword;(D)
their children will be dashed to pieces,(E)
and their pregnant women ripped open.(F)

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16 The people of Samaria(A) must bear their guilt,(B)
    because they have rebelled(C) against their God.
They will fall by the sword;(D)
    their little ones will be dashed(E) to the ground,
    their pregnant women(F) ripped open.”[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 13:16 In Hebrew texts this verse (13:16) is numbered 14:1.