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Jezreel

Pronounced JEZ-ree-el

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✓ In the King James Bible — Yes — Jezreel appears in the King James Bible, including Hosea 1:4.

Meaning: "God sows; God plants; God will scatter"
Origin: Hebrew

Jezreel means "God sows" or "God plants" in Hebrew. It was the prophetic name God commanded Hosea to give his first son — a name of both judgment and future hope. As a name of judgment, Jezreel referenced the Valley of Jezreel where Jehu committed his bloody purge of Ahab's house. God declared through Hosea: "I will avenge the blood of Jezreel upon the house of Jehu, and will cause to cease the kingdom of the house of Israel." But Hosea later revealed a stunning reversal. After the names of judgment (Lo-Ruhamah — "no mercy"; Lo-Ammi — "not my people"), God promised restoration: "I will sow her unto me in the earth." The very name that meant "God scatters" was transformed to mean "God sows" — scattering becoming planting, judgment becoming harvest. The Jezreel Valley itself — also called the Valley of Megiddo (Armageddon) — is one of the most fertile and strategically important valleys in the ancient world. Its rich soil made "God sows" a name of agricultural abundance as well as prophetic significance.

Spiritual meaning

Jezreel — 'God sows' — transforms from a name of judgment to a name of hope. What God scatters in discipline, He replants in mercy. Judgment is never God's final word.

Related verses (KJV)

"And the LORD said unto him, Call his name Jezreel; for yet a little while, and I will avenge the blood of Jezreel upon the house of Jehu."
Hosea 1:4 (KJV) →
"And the earth shall hear the corn, and the wine, and the oil; and they shall hear Jezreel. And I will sow her unto me in the earth."
Hosea 2:22-23 (KJV) →

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