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Hosea 1:7

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1:7But I will have pity on the nation33 of Judah.34 I will deliver them by the Lord their God; I will not deliver them by the warrior’s bow, by sword, by military victory,35 by chariot horses, or by chariots.”36

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  1. 33 Heb “house”; cf. , , “the people of Judah.”
  2. 34 The word order in this line is rhetorical, emphasizing the divine decision to withhold pity from Israel but to bestow it on Judah. The accusative direct object, which is introduced by a disjunctive vav (to denote contrast), appears before the verb: וְאֶת־בֵּית יְהוּדָה אֲרַחֵם (vé’et-bet yéhudah ’arakhem, “but upon the house of Judah I will show pity”).
  3. 35 Heb “by war” (so , , ); , , “battle.”
  4. 36 These military weapons are examples of the metonymy of adjunct (the specific weapons named) for subject (warfare).

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

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.”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Yet I will show love to Judah; and I will save them—not by bow, sword or battle, or by horses and horsemen, but I, the Lord their God, will save them.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

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.

NLTNew Living Translation

But I will show love to the people of Judah. 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.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

But I will have pity on the house of Judah

and I will save them by Yahweh their God,

and will not deliver them

by bow, sword, war,

horses, or horsemen.

KJV 1900King James Version

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.