Hosea 1:11
Then shall the children of Judah and the children of Israel be gathered together, and appoint themselves one head, and they shall come up out of the land: for great shall be the day of Jezreel.
Study Note
Study Note
The restoration oracle 'then shall the children of Judah and the children of Israel be gathered together, and appoint themselves one head, and they shall come up out of the land' envisions the reunification of the divided kingdom — a 'great' reversal of the division inaugurated at Jeroboam's secession (1 Kings 12). The 'one head' appointed by the reunited people echoes the Davidic messianic hope of Ezekiel 34:23-24 and 37:22 ('one king shall be king to them all'), anticipating a new David who transcends the historic north-south fracture. The call 'come up out of the land' inverts Exodus language — if 'going down to Egypt' represents bondage, 'coming up' represents liberation — suggesting that the restoration will be a new exodus. The naming reversals in Hosea 1:10-11 ('not-my-people' becoming 'my people,' Jezreel reversing its meaning from judgment to planting) indicate that the entire covenant relationship is being re-established on new terms, anticipating the new covenant of Jeremiah 31.
Other Translations
And the children of Judah and the children of Israel shall be gathered together, and they shall appoint themselves one head, and shall go up from the land; for great shall be the day of Jezreel.
and gathered have been the sons of Judah and the sons of Israel together, and they have appointed to themselves one head, and have gone up from the land, for great <FI>is<Fi> the day of Jezreel.
And the children of Israel and the children of Judah will come together and take for themselves one head, and will go up from the land, for great will be the day of Jezreel.
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