Hosea 1:7 References

7 "But I will have acompassion on the house of Judah and bdeliver them by the Lord their God, and will not deliver them by cbow, sword, battle, horses or horsemen."

a 2 Kings 19:29-35, Isaiah 30:18


2 Kings 19

29 'Then this shall be athe sign for you: you will eat this year what grows of itself, in the second year what springs from the same, and in the third year sow, reap, plant vineyards, and eat their fruit.
30 'aThe surviving remnant of the house of Judah will again take root downward and bear fruit upward.
31 'For out of Jerusalem will go forth a remnant, and aout of Mount Zion survivors. bThe zeal of the Lord will perform this.
32 'Therefore thus says the Lord concerning the king of Assyria, "aHe will not come to this city or shoot an arrow there; and he will not come before it with a shield or throw up a siege ramp against it.
33 "aBy the way that he came, by the same he will return, and he shall not come to this city,"' declares the Lord.
34 'aFor I will defend this city to save it for My own sake and bfor My servant David's sake.'"
35 aThen it happened that night that the angel of the Lord went out and struck 185,000 in the camp of the Assyrians; and when men rose early in the morning, behold, all of them were dead.

Isaiah 30

18 Therefore the Lord alongs to be gracious to you, And therefore He waits on bhigh to have compassion on you. For the Lord is a cGod of justice; How blessed are all those who dlong for Him.