Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Bow » Figurative
                                But turned their backs, and fell away like their forefathers, starting aside like a broken bow.
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                                And I saw, and behold there was a white horse, and he that sat on him had a bow, and a crown was given unto him, and he went forth conquering and for to overcome.
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                                and yet his bow bode fast, and his arms and his hands were strong, by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob: out of him shall come a herdsman, a stone in Israel.
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                                His archers compass me round about; he hath wounded my loins, and not spared. My bowels hath he poured upon the ground.
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                                My honor increased more and more, and my bow was ever the stronger in my hand.
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                                He hath bent his bow, and made me as it were a mark to shoot at.
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                                Then will I break the bow of Israel in the valley of Jezreel."
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                                Thou showedest thy bow openly, like as thou hadst promised with an oath unto the tribes. Selah. Thou didst divide the waters of the earth.
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                            the Bow » Illustrative » (when broken,) of the overthrow of power
                                Then will I break the bow of Israel in the valley of Jezreel."
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                                "Thus sayeth the LORD of Hosts: Behold, I will break the bow of Elam, and take away their strength;
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                                The bows of the strong are broken: and the weak are endued with strength.
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                                Then will I make a covenant with them, with the wild beasts, with the fowls of the air, and with everything that creepeth upon the earth. As for bow, sword and battle, I will destroy such out of the land, and will make them to sleep safely.
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                            Jezreel » A city » A city of the tribe of issachar » Prophecies concerning
                                Then shall the children of Judah and the children of Israel be gathered together again, and chose themselves one head, and then depart out of the land: for great shall be the day of Jezreel."
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                                And the LORD said unto him, "Call his name Jezreel, for I will shortly avenge the blood of Jezreel upon the house of Jehu, and will bring the kingdom of the house of Israel to an end. Then will I break the bow of Israel in the valley of Jezreel."
                                                            
                            Jezreel » Figurative of the northern kingdom of israel
                                Then shall the children of Judah and the children of Israel be gathered together again, and chose themselves one head, and then depart out of the land: for great shall be the day of Jezreel."
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                                And the LORD said unto him, "Call his name Jezreel, for I will shortly avenge the blood of Jezreel upon the house of Jehu, and will bring the kingdom of the house of Israel to an end. Then will I break the bow of Israel in the valley of Jezreel."
                                                            
                            Symbols and similitudes » Marrying a whore
                                First, when the LORD spake unto Hosea, he said unto him, "Go thy way, take a harlot to thy wife, and get children by her: for the land hath committed great whoredom against the LORD." So he went, and took Gomer the daughter of Diblaim: which conceived, and brought forth a son. And the LORD said unto him, "Call his name Jezreel, for I will shortly avenge the blood of Jezreel upon the house of Jehu, and will bring the kingdom of the house of Israel to an end.                                    read more.
Then will I break the bow of Israel in the valley of Jezreel." She conceived yet again, and bare a daughter. And he said unto him, "Call her name Loruhamah, that is, 'Not obtaining mercy,' for I will have no pity upon the house of Israel, but forget them, and put them clean out of remembrance. Nevertheless I will have mercy upon the house of Judah, and will save them even through the LORD their God. But I will not deliver them through any bow, sword, battle, horses, or horsemen." Now when she had weaned Loruhamah, she conceived again, and bare a son. Then said he, "Call his name Loammi. For why? Ye are not my people, therefore will I not be yours.
                            Then will I break the bow of Israel in the valley of Jezreel." She conceived yet again, and bare a daughter. And he said unto him, "Call her name Loruhamah, that is, 'Not obtaining mercy,' for I will have no pity upon the house of Israel, but forget them, and put them clean out of remembrance. Nevertheless I will have mercy upon the house of Judah, and will save them even through the LORD their God. But I will not deliver them through any bow, sword, battle, horses, or horsemen." Now when she had weaned Loruhamah, she conceived again, and bare a son. Then said he, "Call his name Loammi. For why? Ye are not my people, therefore will I not be yours.
                                Then said the LORD to me, "Go yet thy way and vow an adulterous woman, whom thy neighbour loveth as the LORD doth the children of Israel: howbeit, they have respect to strange gods, and love the wine cans." So I gat her for fifteen silverlings, and for a homer and a half of barley, and said unto her, "Thou shalt bide with me a long season, but see that thou playest not the harlot, and look thou meddle with none other man, and then will I keep myself for thee."                                    read more.
Thus the children of Israel shall sit a great while without king and prince, without offering and alter, without priest and revelation.
                            Thus the children of Israel shall sit a great while without king and prince, without offering and alter, without priest and revelation.
Valleys » Mentioned in scripture » Jezreel
                                Then will I break the bow of Israel in the valley of Jezreel."
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