Hosea 2:18 KJV

And in that day will I make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven, and with the creeping things of the ground: and I will break the bow and the sword and the battle out of the earth, and will make them to lie down safely.

Old Words

What these words meant when the King James Bible was translated.

Matthew Henry

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Cross References

  • Ezekiel 34:25 And I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause the evil beasts to cease out of the land: and they shall dwell safely in the wilderness, and sleep in the woods.
  • Isaiah 2:4 And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.
  • Jeremiah 23:6 In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is his name whereby he shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.
  • Job 5:23 For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field: and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.
  • Ezekiel 39:9–10 And they that dwell in the cities of Israel shall go forth, and shall set on fire and burn the weapons, both the shields and the bucklers, the bows and the arrows, and the handstaves, and the spears, and they shall burn them with fire seven years: …

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Timeline

  • Timeline of the Bible808–698 BC · Hosea, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, Hezekiah, and Jeroboam II

Strong’s Numbers

  • And in that day יוֹם yôwm
  • will I make כָּרַת kârath
  • a covenant בְּרִית bᵉrîyth
  • for them with the beasts חַי chay
  • of the field שָׂדֶה sâdeh
  • and with the fowls עוֹף ʻôwph
  • of heaven שָׁמַיִם shâmayim
  • and with the creeping things רֶמֶשׂ remes
  • of the ground אֲדָמָה ʼădâmâh
  • and I will break שָׁבַר shâbar
  • the bow קֶשֶׁת qesheth
  • and the sword חֶרֶב chereb
  • and the battle מִלְחָמָה milchâmâh
  • out of the earth אֶרֶץ ʼerets
  • and will make them to lie down שָׁכַב shâkab
  • safely בֶּטַח beṭach

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