Hosea 2:18
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.Hosea 2:18 in the real world
In what words
- רֶמֶשׂremesa reptile or any other rapidly moving animal
- קֶשֶׁתqeshetha bow, forshooting (hence, figuratively, strength) or the iris
- עוֹףʻôwpha bird (as covered with feathers, or rather as covering with wings), often collectively
- שָׁבַרshâbarto burst (literally or figuratively)
- אֲדָמָהʼădâmâhsoil (from its general redness)
- שָׁכַבshâkabto lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose)
- בְּרִיתbᵉrîytha compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh)
- כָּרַתkârathto cut (off, down or asunder); by implication, to destroy or consume; specifically, to cov
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Ezk 34:25, Ezk 39:9–10, Isa 11:6–9, Psa 46:9, Isa 65:25, Jer 23:6, Isa 2:4, Job 5:23