and the earthוְהָאָרֶץwill respondתַּעֲנֶהto the grainאֶת הַדָּגָןand to the new wineוְאֶת הַתִּירוֹשׁand to the oil,וְאֶת הַיִּצְהָרand theyוְהֵםwill respondיַעֲנוּto Jezreel.אֶת יִזְרְעֶאל
Hosea 2:22
Study it in the app“and the earth will respond to the grain and to the new wine and to the oil, and they will respond to Jezreel.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Hosea 2:22, word by word
- and the earthאָרֶץarets
earth
The whole world, everything under the sky.
Where else “arets” appears- will respondתַּעֲנֶהtaane
answer
To reply to what was said.
Where else “taane” appears- to the grainדָּגָןdagan
grain
Grain: wheat and barley.
Where else “dagan” appears- and to the new wineתִּירוֹשׁtirosh
new wine
New wine: the juice of freshly trodden grapes.
Where else “tirosh” appears- and to the oilיִּצְהָרyitshar
fresh oil
Fresh olive oil.
Where else “yitshar” appears- to Jezreelיִזְרְעֶאלyizrel
Jezreel
See it on the mapWhere else “yizrel” appears
Places in this verse
Jezreel
Today: Zir'in and the Jezreel Valley, Israel
A city and valley in northern Israel, between Galilee and Samaria.
There Ahab and Jezebel took Naboth's vineyard (1 Kgs 21:1-16), and Jezebel died there (2 Kgs 9:30-37).
The context
21And it will happen on that day that I will respond, declares YHWH; I will respond to the heavens, and they will respond to the earth;
22 · This verse (above)
23And I will sow her for myself in the land, and I will have compassion on Lo-ruhamah; and I will say to Lo-ammi, “You are my people,” and he will say, “My Elohim.”