Hosea 1:5 (DBY)

Passage

And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will break the bow of Israel in the valley of Jizreel.

Nearby Context

Hosea 1:3 And he went and took Gomer the daughter of Diblaim; and she conceived and bore him a son.

Hosea 1:4 And Jehovah said unto him, Call his name Jizreel; for yet a little, and I will visit the blood of Jizreel upon the house of Jehu, and will cause the kingdom of the house of Israel to cease.

Hosea 1:5 And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will break the bow of Israel in the valley of Jizreel.

Hosea 1:6 And she conceived again, and bore a daughter. And he said unto him, Call her name Lo-ruhamah; for I will no more have mercy upon the house of Israel, so that I should pardon them.

Hosea 1:7 But I will have mercy upon the house of Judah, and will save them by Jehovah their God; and I will not save them by bow, or by sword, or by battle, [or] by horses, or by horsemen.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "shall", "come", "pass", "break", "israel", "valley", and "jizreel". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "shall" and "come", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 4's "And Jehovah said unto him Call his..." into verse 6's "And she conceived again and bore a...", so "shall" and "come" belong inside that flow. In Hosea context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "shall" and "come" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.