Hos 1:7 | JFB | STEP | 7. Judah is only incidentally mentioned to form a contrast to Israel. by the Lord their God-- more emphatic than "by Myself"; by that Jehovah (Me) whom they worship as their God, whereas ye despise Him. not ... by bow-- on which ye Israelites rely ( , "the bow of Israel"); Jeroboam II was famous as a warrior ( ). Yet it was not by their warlike power Jehovah would save Judah ( ; ). The deliverance of Jerusalem from Sennacherib ( ), and the restoration from Babylon, are herein predicted.

‏ Hosea 1:7

7. Judah is only incidentally mentioned to form a contrast to Israel.

by the Lord their God--more emphatic than "by Myself"; by that Jehovah (Me) whom they worship as their God, whereas ye despise Him.

not ... by bow--on which ye Israelites rely (Ho 1:5, "the bow of Israel"); Jeroboam II was famous as a warrior (2Ki 14:25). Yet it was not by their warlike power Jehovah would save Judah (1Sa 17:47; Psa 20:7). The deliverance of Jerusalem from Sennacherib (2Ki 19:35), and the restoration from Babylon, are herein predicted.