Yosua 15:56

15:56 Jezreel, Jokdeam, Zanoah,

Yehezkiel 25:4

25:4 So take note, ¹  I am about to make you slaves of ²  the tribes ³  of the east. They will make camps among you and pitch their tents among you. They will eat your fruit and drink your milk.

Hosea 1:5

1:5 At that time, ⁴  I will destroy the military power ⁵  of Israel in the valley of Jezreel.”

[25:4]  ¹ tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates being aware of or taking notice of something and has been translated here with a verb (so also throughout the chapter).

[25:4]  ² tn Heb “Look I am about to give you for a possession to.”

[25:4]  ³ tn Heb “sons.”

[1:5]  ⁴ tn Heb “In that day” (so NIV; NAB, NRSV “On that day”).

[1:5]  ⁵ tn Heb “I will break the bow” (so NAB, NRSV). The phrase “break the bow” (וְשַׁבָרְתִּי אֶת־קֶשֶׁת, véshavarti ’et-qeshet) is figurative. The term קֶשֶׁת (qeshet, “bow”) frequently refers to the warrior’s weapon (2 Sam 22:35; Ps 18:35; Job 20:24; Hos 2:20; Zech 9:10; 10:4). The reference to the warrior’s bow is a synecdoche of specific (bow) for general (military weaponry or power; see HALOT 1155 s.v. קֶשֶׁת 3). The noun קֶשֶׁת is used figuratively for “power” several times (e.g., Gen 49:24; 1 Sam 2:4; Jer 49:35; Job 29:20; Ps 37:15; BDB 906 s.v. 1.e).