“But I will have mercy on the house of Judah, and will save them by Yahweh their God,The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “אֱלֹהִ֑ים” (Elohim). and will not save them by bow, sword, battle, horses, or horsemen.””
— WEB
Hosea 1:7
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“But I will have mercy upon the house of Judah, and will save them by the LORD their God, and will not save them by bow, nor by sword, nor by battle, by horses, nor by horsemen.”
— KJV
“But I will have mercy upon the house of Judah, and will save them by Jehovah their God, and will not save them by bow, nor by sword, nor by battle, by horses, nor by horsemen.”
— ASV
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Commentary
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 (Hos 1:5, "the bow of Israel"); Jeroboam II was famous as a warrior (Kg2 14:25). Yet it was not by their warlike power Jehovah would save Judah (Sa1 17:47; Psa 20:7). The deliverance of Jerusalem from Sennacherib (Kg2 19:35), and the restoration from Babylon, are herein predicted.
— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)
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