Hos 1:4 | Clarke | STEP | Verse 4 Call his name Jezreel - יזרעאל 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, etc. 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 - יזרעאל 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, 2Kgs 17:5, 2Kgs 17:6. But the word refers also to the name of a city, where Jehu slew Jezebel and all the children of Ahab. 2Kgs 9:10, 2Kgs 9:36; 2Kgs 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, etc.

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, 1Kgs 21:1.

Will cause to cease the kingdom - Either relating to the cutting off of the kingdom of Israel by the Assyrians, see 1Kgs 21:6, or to the ceasing of the kingdom of Israel from the house of Jehu, 2Kgs 10:30, and which was fulfilled, 2Kgs 15:10. - Newcome.