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I will free them from their enemies—not with weapons and armies or horses and charioteers, but by my power as the LORD their God.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/hosea/1.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />But I will have mercy on the house of Judah, and I will save them by the LORD their God. I will not save them by bow or by sword or by war or by horses or by horsemen.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/hosea/1.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Yet I will have compassion on the house of Judah, and I will save them—not by bow or sword or war, not by horses and cavalry, but by the LORD their God.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/hosea/1.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/hosea/1.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Yet I will have mercy on the house of Judah, Will save them by the LORD their God, And will not save them by bow, Nor by sword or battle, By horses or horsemen.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/hosea/1.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />But I will take pity on the house of Judah and save them by the LORD their God, and will not save them by bow, sword, battle, horses, or horsemen.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/hosea/1.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220But I will have compassion on the house of Judah and deliver them by the LORD their God, and will not deliver them by bow, sword, battle, horses or horsemen.&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/hosea/1.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“But I will have compassion on the house of Judah and deliver them by the LORD their God, and will not deliver them by bow, sword, battle, horses, or horsemen.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/hosea/1.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />But I will have compassion on the house of Judah and save them by Yahweh their God, and I will not save them by bow, sword, battle, horses, or horsemen.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/hosea/1.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />But I will have mercy on the house of Judah and will rescue them by the LORD their God, and will not rescue them by bow, sword, war, horses, or horsemen.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/hosea/1.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />But I will have compassion on the house of Judah, and I will deliver them by the LORD their God. I will not deliver them by bow, sword, or war, or by horses and cavalry.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/hosea/1.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />But I will have compassion on the house of Judah, and I will deliver them by the LORD their God. I will not deliver them by bow, sword, or war, or by horses and cavalry. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/hosea/1.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/hosea/1.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />But I am the LORD God of Judah, and I will have mercy and save Judah by my own power--not by wars and arrows or swords and cavalry." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/hosea/1.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/hosea/1.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Yet, I will love the descendants of Judah. I will rescue them because I am the LORD their God. I won't use bows, swords, wars, horses, or horsemen to rescue them."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/hosea/1.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />But to the people of Judah I will show love. I, the LORD their God, will save them, but I will not do it by war--with swords or bows and arrows or with horses and horsemen." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/hosea/1.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />But I'll have mercy on the house of Judah, and I'll save them by the LORD their God—I will not save them by the bow, by the sword, by battle, by horses, or by cavalry."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/hosea/1.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Yet I will have compassion on the house of Judah, and I will save them?not by bow or sword or war, not by horses and cavalry, but by the LORD their God.?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/hosea/1.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />But I will have pity on the nation of Judah. I will deliver them by the LORD their God; I will not deliver them by the warrior's bow, by sword, by military victory, by chariot horses, or by chariots." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/hosea/1.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />But I will have mercy on the house of Judah, and will save them by the LORD their God, and will not save them by bow, or by sword, or by battle, or by chariots, or by horses, or by horsemen."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/hosea/1.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/hosea/1.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />But I will have mercy on the house of Judah, and will save them by Yahweh their God, and will not save them by bow, sword, battle, horses, or horsemen.” <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/hosea/1.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />and I pity the house of Judah, and have saved them by their God YHWH, and do not save them by bow, and by sword, and by battle, by horses, and by horsemen.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/hosea/1.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and the house of Judah I pity, and have saved them by Jehovah their God, and do not save them by bow, and by sword, and by battle, by horses, and by horsemen.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/hosea/1.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And I will compassionate the house of Judah, and I saved them by Jehovah their God, and I will not save them by bow and by sword, and by battle, by horses and by horsemen.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/hosea/1.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And I will have mercy on the house of Juda, and I will save them by the Lord their God: and Iwill not save them by bow, nor by sword, nor by battle, nor by horses, nor by horsemen. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/hosea/1.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Yet I will have mercy on the house of Judah, and I will save them by the Lord their God. And I will not save them by bow and sword and battle and horses and horsemen.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/hosea/1.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Yet for the house of Judah I will feel pity; I will save them by the LORD, their God; but I will not save them by bow or sword, by warfare, by horses or horsemen.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/hosea/1.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />But I will have pity on the house of Judah, and I will save them by the LORD their God; I will not save them by bow, or by sword, or by war, or by horses, or by horsemen.”<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/hosea/1.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />But I will have mercy on the house of Judah, and I will save them by the LORD their God, and will not save them by bow nor by sword nor by battle nor by horses nor by horsemen.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/hosea/1.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />But on the house of Judea I shall show compassion and I shall save them in LORD JEHOVAH their God. I shall not save them with a bow, neither by the sword, neither by war, neither with horses, nor by horsemen’<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/hosea/1.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />But I will have compassion 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, nor by horses, nor by horsemen.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/hosea/1.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />But I will have mercy on the house of Juda, and will save them by the Lord their God, and will not save them with bow, nor with sword, nor by war, nor by horses, nor by horsemen.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/hosea/1-7.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/xpPG1oLnpGk?start=75" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/hosea/1.htm">Hosea's Wife and Children</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">6</span>Gomer again conceived and gave birth to a daughter, and the LORD said to Hosea, “Name her Lo-ruhamah, for I will no longer have compassion on the house of Israel, that I should ever forgive them. <span class="reftext">7</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: wə·’eṯ- (Conj-w:: DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self.">Yet</a> <a href="/hebrew/7355.htm" title="7355: ’ă·ra·ḥêm (V-Piel-Imperf-1cs) -- To love, have compassion. A primitive root; to fondle; by implication, to love, especially to compassionate.">I will have compassion</a> <a href="/hebrew/1004.htm" title="1004: bêṯ (N-msc) -- A house. Probably from banah abbreviated; a house.">on the house</a> <a href="/hebrew/3063.htm" title="3063: yə·hū·ḏāh (N-proper-ms) -- From yadah; celebrated; Jehudah, the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory.">of Judah,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3467.htm" title="3467: wə·hō·wō·ša‘·tîm (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConjPerf-1cs:: 3mp) -- To deliver. A primitive root; properly, to be open, wide or free, i.e. to be safe; causatively, to free or succor.">and I will save them—</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: wə·lō (Conj-w:: Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">not</a> <a href="/hebrew/3467.htm" title="3467: ’ō·wō·šî·‘êm (V-Hifil-Imperf-1cs:: 3mp) -- To deliver. A primitive root; properly, to be open, wide or free, i.e. to be safe; causatively, to free or succor."></a> <a href="/hebrew/7198.htm" title="7198: bə·qe·šeṯ (Prep-b:: N-fs) -- A bow. From qashah in the original sense of bending: a bow, for shooting or the iris.">by bow</a> <a href="/hebrew/2719.htm" title="2719: ū·ḇə·ḥe·reḇ (Conj-w, Prep-b:: N-fs) -- A sword. From charab; drought; also a cutting instrument, as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement.">or sword</a> <a href="/hebrew/4421.htm" title="4421: ū·ḇə·mil·ḥā·māh (Conj-w, Prep-b:: N-fs) -- A battle, war. From lacham; a battle; generally, war.">or war,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5483.htm" title="5483: bə·sū·sîm (Prep-b:: N-mp) -- A swallow, swift (type of bird). Or cuc; from an unused root meaning to skip; a horse; also a swallow.">not by horses</a> <a href="/hebrew/6571.htm" title="6571: ū·ḇə·p̄ā·rā·šîm (Conj-w, Prep-b:: N-mp) -- A steed, a driver, cavalry. From parash; a steed (compare cuwc); also a driver, i.e. cavalry.">and cavalry,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (Prep-b:: N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">but by the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: ’ĕ·lō·hê·hem (N-mpc:: 3mp) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">their God.”</a> </span><span class="reftext">8</span>After she had weaned Lo-ruhamah, Gomer conceived and gave birth to a son.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/31-5.htm">Isaiah 31:5</a></span><br />Like birds hovering overhead, so the LORD of Hosts will protect Jerusalem. He will shield it and deliver it; He will pass over it and preserve it.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zechariah/4-6.htm">Zechariah 4:6</a></span><br />So he said to me, “This is the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel: Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit, says the LORD of Hosts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/19-34.htm">2 Kings 19:34-35</a></span><br />I will defend this city and save it for My own sake and for the sake of My servant David.’” / And that very night the angel of the LORD went out and struck down 185,000 men in the camp of the Assyrians. When the people got up the next morning, there were all the dead bodies!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/37-35.htm">Isaiah 37:35-36</a></span><br />‘I will defend this city and save it for My own sake and for the sake of My servant David.’” / Then the angel of the LORD went out and struck down 185,000 men in the camp of the Assyrians. When the people got up the next morning, there were all the dead bodies!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/44-6.htm">Psalm 44:6-7</a></span><br />For I do not trust in my bow, nor does my sword save me. / For You save us from our enemies; You put those who hate us to shame.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/20-7.htm">Psalm 20:7</a></span><br />Some trust in chariots and others in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/30-15.htm">Isaiah 30:15</a></span><br />For the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel, has said: “By repentance and rest you would be saved; your strength would lie in quiet confidence—but you were not willing.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/43-11.htm">Isaiah 43:11</a></span><br />I, yes I, am the LORD, and there is no Savior but Me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/63-5.htm">Isaiah 63:5</a></span><br />I looked, but there was no one to help; I was appalled that no one assisted. So My arm brought Me salvation, and My own wrath upheld Me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/3-23.htm">Jeremiah 3:23</a></span><br />Surely deception comes from the hills, and commotion from the mountains. Surely the salvation of Israel is in the LORD our God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/14-13.htm">Exodus 14:13-14</a></span><br />But Moses told the people, “Do not be afraid. Stand firm and you will see the LORD’s salvation, which He will accomplish for you today; for the Egyptians you see today, you will never see again. / The LORD will fight for you; you need only to be still.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/17-47.htm">1 Samuel 17:47</a></span><br />And all those assembled here will know that it is not by sword or spear that the LORD saves; for the battle is the LORD’s, and He will give all of you into our hands.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/20-15.htm">2 Chronicles 20:15</a></span><br />And he said, “Listen, all you people of Judah and Jerusalem! Listen, King Jehoshaphat! This is what the LORD says: ‘Do not be afraid or discouraged because of this vast army, for the battle does not belong to you, but to God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/33-16.htm">Psalm 33:16-19</a></span><br />No king is saved by his vast army; no warrior is delivered by his great strength. / A horse is a vain hope for salvation; even its great strength cannot save. / Surely the eyes of the LORD are on those who fear Him, on those whose hope is in His loving devotion ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/46-1.htm">Psalm 46:1-3</a></span><br />For the choirmaster. Of the sons of Korah. According to Alamoth. A song. God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in times of trouble. / Therefore we will not fear, though the earth is transformed and the mountains are toppled into the depths of the seas, / though their waters roar and foam and the mountains quake in the surge. Selah</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">But I will have mercy on 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.</p><p class="hdg">I will.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/hosea/11-12.htm">Hosea 11:12</a></b></br> Ephraim compasseth me about with lies, and the house of Israel with deceit: but Judah yet ruleth with God, and is faithful with the saints.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_kings/19-35.htm">2 Kings 19:35</a></b></br> And it came to pass that night, that the angel of the LORD went out, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians an hundred fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they <i>were</i> all dead corpses.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/36-1.htm">Isaiah 36:1-37:38</a></b></br> Now it came to pass in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah, <i>that</i> Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the defenced cities of Judah, and took them… </p><p class="hdg">will save.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/7-14.htm">Isaiah 7:14</a></b></br> Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/12-2.htm">Isaiah 12:2</a></b></br> Behold, God <i>is</i> my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the LORD JEHOVAH <i>is</i> my strength and <i>my</i> song; he also is become my salvation.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/49-6.htm">Isaiah 49:6</a></b></br> And he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.</p><p class="hdg">by bow.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/33-16.htm">Psalm 33:16</a></b></br> There is no king saved by the multitude of an host: a mighty man is not delivered by much strength.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/44-3.htm">Psalm 44:3-6</a></b></br> For they got not the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them: but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst a favour unto them… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/daniel/11-26.htm">Battle</a> <a href="/hosea/1-5.htm">Bow</a> <a href="/hosea/1-6.htm">Compassion</a> <a href="/daniel/8-7.htm">Deliver</a> <a href="/lamentations/2-5.htm">Fighting</a> <a href="/daniel/11-40.htm">Horsemen</a> <a href="/ezekiel/39-20.htm">Horses</a> <a href="/hosea/1-6.htm">House</a> <a href="/hosea/1-1.htm">Judah</a> <a href="/daniel/1-9.htm">Love</a> <a href="/hosea/1-6.htm">Mercy</a> <a href="/hosea/1-6.htm">Pity</a> <a href="/daniel/6-27.htm">Salvation</a> <a href="/daniel/6-16.htm">Save</a> <a href="/daniel/6-27.htm">Saved</a> <a href="/daniel/11-37.htm">Show</a> <a href="/daniel/11-33.htm">Sword</a> <a href="/daniel/11-25.htm">War</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/hosea/2-18.htm">Battle</a> <a href="/hosea/2-18.htm">Bow</a> <a href="/hosea/2-4.htm">Compassion</a> <a href="/hosea/2-10.htm">Deliver</a> <a href="/hosea/10-9.htm">Fighting</a> <a href="/joel/2-4.htm">Horsemen</a> <a href="/hosea/14-3.htm">Horses</a> <a href="/hosea/5-1.htm">House</a> <a href="/hosea/1-11.htm">Judah</a> <a href="/hosea/2-19.htm">Love</a> <a href="/hosea/2-4.htm">Mercy</a> <a href="/hosea/2-1.htm">Pity</a> <a href="/hosea/10-12.htm">Salvation</a> <a href="/hosea/13-4.htm">Save</a> <a href="/joel/2-32.htm">Saved</a> <a href="/hosea/2-4.htm">Show</a> <a href="/hosea/2-18.htm">Sword</a> <a href="/hosea/2-18.htm">War</a><div class="vheading2">Hosea 1</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/hosea/1-1.htm">Hosea, to show God's judgment for spiritual unfaithfulness, takes Gomer,</a></span><br><span class="reftext">4. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/hosea/1-4.htm">and has by her Jezreel;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">6. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/hosea/1-6.htm">Loruhamah;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/hosea/1-8.htm">and Lo-Ammi.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">10. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/hosea/1-10.htm">The restoration of Judah and Israel under one head.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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Historically, Judah was the southern kingdom, distinct from the northern kingdom of Israel. God's compassion here is a reminder of His covenant faithfulness, as seen in His promises to David (<a href="/2_samuel/7-16.htm">2 Samuel 7:16</a>). This compassion is not based on Judah's merit but on God's character, aligning with themes in <a href="/exodus/34-6.htm">Exodus 34:6-7</a>, where God is described as merciful and gracious.<p><b>and I will save them</b><br>The promise of salvation for Judah points to God's sovereign ability to deliver His people. This salvation is not merely physical but also spiritual, foreshadowing the ultimate salvation through Jesus Christ. In the historical context, this could refer to events like the miraculous deliverance of Jerusalem from the Assyrian army during Hezekiah's reign (<a href="/2_kings/19-35.htm">2 Kings 19:35-36</a>).<p><b>not by bow or sword or war</b><br>This phrase emphasizes that Judah's deliverance will not come through conventional military means. It reflects the biblical theme that true victory comes from reliance on God rather than human strength, as seen in <a href="/psalms/20-7.htm">Psalm 20:7</a>, "Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God."<p><b>not by horses and cavalry</b><br>Horses and cavalry were symbols of military power in the ancient Near East. By stating that salvation will not come through these means, the text underscores the futility of relying on human power. This echoes <a href="/deuteronomy/17-16.htm">Deuteronomy 17:16</a>, where Israel's kings are warned against amassing horses, symbolizing trust in military might over divine provision.<p><b>but by the LORD their God</b><br>The deliverance of Judah is attributed solely to the LORD, highlighting His role as the ultimate savior. This phrase points to God's direct intervention in history, as seen in the deliverance narratives throughout the Old Testament. It also prefigures the New Testament revelation of Jesus Christ as the Savior, who brings salvation not through force but through His sacrificial love (<a href="/john/3-16.htm">John 3:16</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/h/hosea.htm">Hosea</a></b><br>A prophet in the Northern Kingdom of Israel, called by God to deliver His messages to the people, often using his own life as a symbolic representation of God's relationship with Israel.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/h/house_of_judah.htm">House of Judah</a></b><br>The Southern Kingdom of Israel, consisting of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin, which remained after the division of the united monarchy. God promises to show compassion to this kingdom.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord_their_god.htm">The LORD their God</a></b><br>Refers to Yahweh, the covenant-keeping God of Israel, who promises deliverance to Judah not through conventional means of warfare but through His divine intervention.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/b/bow,_sword,_war,_horses,_cavalry.htm">Bow, Sword, War, Horses, Cavalry</a></b><br>These represent the typical military means of deliverance and defense in ancient times, which God explicitly states He will not use to deliver Judah.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/c/compassion_and_deliverance.htm">Compassion and Deliverance</a></b><br>Central themes in this verse, highlighting God's mercy and His sovereign power to save His people in ways that defy human expectations.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/d/divine_deliverance.htm">Divine Deliverance</a></b><br>God's methods of deliverance often defy human logic and expectations. Trust in His power rather than human means.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_compassion.htm">God's Compassion</a></b><br>Despite the unfaithfulness of His people, God remains compassionate and merciful. Reflect on God's mercy in your own life and extend it to others.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/reliance_on_god.htm">Reliance on God</a></b><br>In times of trouble, seek God's intervention first rather than relying solely on human solutions or strength.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/faith_in_god's_sovereignty.htm">Faith in God's Sovereignty</a></b><br>Recognize that God is in control and His plans for deliverance are perfect, even when they are not immediately visible or understandable.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/spiritual_warfare.htm">Spiritual Warfare</a></b><br>Understand that spiritual battles are won through God's power and presence, not through physical or worldly means.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_hosea_1.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Hosea 1</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/who_was_sheshbazzar_in_the_bible.htm">What does Lo-ruhamah symbolize in the Bible?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/can_one_be_saved_without_predestination.htm">Did God separate from Israel?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_lo-ruhamah_mean_in_the_bible.htm">What does Lo-ruhamah symbolize in the Bible?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_hosea_1_4-9_conflict_with_god's_mercy.htm">Does the symbolic naming in Hosea 1:4-9 conflict with the broader biblical emphasis on God's mercy and redemption?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/hosea/1.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(7) <span class= "bld">Will save them</span> . . .--We may consider this verse to have been literally fulfilled in the destruction of Sennacherib's army. The prophetic outlook anticipates the fact that when Judah is captive and exiled, her restoration by the divine hand would take the form of mercy and forgiveness. (Comp. Psalms 76, <a href="/context/isaiah/40-1.htm" title="Comfort you, comfort you my people, said your God.">Isaiah 40:1-2</a>.)<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/hosea/1.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 7.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">But I will have mercy upon the house of Judah, and will save them by the Lord their God.</span> Thus the contrast expressed in this verse increases the painful feelings with which the threatened abandonment and consequent destruction of Israel would be regarded. The promised mercy to the house of Judah is emphasized by the peculiar form of the expression. Instead of the pronoun, the proper name of Jehovah is employed; instead of saying, "I will save them by myself," he says in a specially emphatic manner, "I will save them by <span class="accented">Jehovah</span>," adding at the same time the important adjunct of "thy God," to remind them of that relationship to himself in virtue of which he interposes thus personally and powerfully on their behalf. An expression somewhat similar in form occurs in <a href="/genesis/19-24.htm">Genesis 19:24</a>, "Then the Lord [Jehovah] rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the Lord [Jehovah] out of heaven." <span class="cmt_word">And will not save them by bow, nor by sword, nor by battle</span> (literally, war), <span class="cmt_word">by horses, nor by horsemen</span>. This enumeration is quite in accordance with the prophet's style, as may be seen at a glance by comparing <a href="/hosea/2-5.htm">Hosea 2:5, 11, 22</a>; <a href="/hosea/3-4.htm">Hosea 3:4</a>; and Hosea 4:13. The manner of this deliverance is very peculiar and unusual; while prominence is given to the absence of those means of defense or deliverance on which the northern kingdom so much relied. The deliverance would be accomplished without the ordinary weapons of war - bow and sword, in the use of the former of which Israel was so celebrated; also without war, that is, without its appliances and <span class="accented">material</span> of whatever kind - skilful commanders, brave soldiers, and numerous troops; likewise without horses and horsemen, a great source of strength in those days (<span class="accented">parashim</span>, equivalent to "riders on horses," as distinguished from <span class="accented">rokebhim</span>, riders on camels). This deliverance, in fact, was to be entirely independent of all human resources. All this points plainly and positively to the deliverance of Judah from Sennacherib in the days of Hezekiah, when in one night the angel of the Lord smote a hundred and eighty-five thousand of the flower of the Assyrian host, and Jehovah thus by himself delivered Judah. Thus, too, Judah is saved from that power before which Israel had previously and entirely succumbed. (Compare, on this miraculous deliverance, <a href="/2_kings/19.htm">2 Kings 19</a>. and <a href="/isaiah/37.htm">Isaiah 37</a>.) <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/hosea/1-7.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Yet</span><br /><span class="heb">וְאֶת־</span> <span class="translit">(wə·’eṯ-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Direct object marker<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_853.htm">Strong's 853: </a> </span><span class="str2">Untranslatable mark of the accusative case</span><br /><br /><span class="word">I will have compassion</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲרַחֵ֔ם</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·ra·ḥêm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Imperfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7355.htm">Strong's 7355: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fondle, to love, to compassionate</span><br /><br /><span class="word">on the house</span><br /><span class="heb">בֵּ֤ית</span> <span class="translit">(bêṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1004.htm">Strong's 1004: </a> </span><span class="str2">A house</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Judah,</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוּדָה֙</span> <span class="translit">(yə·hū·ḏāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3063.htm">Strong's 3063: </a> </span><span class="str2">Judah -- 'praised', a son of Jacob, also the southern kingdom, also four Israelites</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and I will deliver them,</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהֽוֹשַׁעְתִּ֖ים</span> <span class="translit">(wə·hō·wō·ša‘·tîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3467.htm">Strong's 3467: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be open, wide, free, to be safe, to free, succor</span><br /><br /><span class="word">not</span><br /><span class="heb">וְלֹ֣א</span> <span class="translit">(wə·lō)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">by bow</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּקֶ֤שֶׁת</span> <span class="translit">(bə·qe·šeṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7198.htm">Strong's 7198: </a> </span><span class="str2">A bow, for, shooting, the iris</span><br /><br /><span class="word">or sword</span><br /><span class="heb">וּבְחֶ֙רֶב֙</span> <span class="translit">(ū·ḇə·ḥe·reḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2719.htm">Strong's 2719: </a> </span><span class="str2">Drought, a cutting instrument, as a, knife, sword</span><br /><br /><span class="word">or war,</span><br /><span class="heb">וּבְמִלְחָמָ֔ה</span> <span class="translit">(ū·ḇə·mil·ḥā·māh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4421.htm">Strong's 4421: </a> </span><span class="str2">A battle, war</span><br /><br /><span class="word">not by horses</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּסוּסִ֖ים</span> <span class="translit">(bə·sū·sîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5483.htm">Strong's 5483: </a> </span><span class="str2">A swallow, swift (type of bird)</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and cavalry,</span><br /><span class="heb">וּבְפָרָשִֽׁים׃</span> <span class="translit">(ū·ḇə·p̄ā·rā·šîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6571.htm">Strong's 6571: </a> </span><span class="str2">A steed, a driver, cavalry</span><br /><br /><span class="word">but by the LORD</span><br /><span class="heb">בַּיהוָ֣ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">their God.”</span><br /><span class="heb">אֱלֹֽהֵיהֶ֑ם</span> <span class="translit">(’ĕ·lō·hê·hem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> </span><span class="str2">gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/hosea/1-7.htm">Hosea 1:7 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/hosea/1-7.htm">Hosea 1:7 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/hosea/1-7.htm">Hosea 1:7 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/hosea/1-7.htm">Hosea 1:7 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/hosea/1-7.htm">Hosea 1:7 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/hosea/1-7.htm">Hosea 1:7 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/hosea/1-7.htm">Hosea 1:7 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/hosea/1-7.htm">Hosea 1:7 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/hosea/1-7.htm">Hosea 1:7 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/hosea/1-7.htm">Hosea 1:7 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/hosea/1-7.htm">OT Prophets: Hosea 1:7 But I will have mercy (Ho Hs Hos.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/hosea/1-6.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Hosea 1:6"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Hosea 1:6" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/hosea/1-8.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Hosea 1:8"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Hosea 1:8" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>