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S. Michael Houdmann
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Jezreel was a city in the plain, or valley, or Esdraelon. It was also called the Valley of Jezreel. The word "Jezreel" comes from two Hebrew root words, meaning "to sow" and "mighty, especially Alm...
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Jack Gutknecht
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Jezreel according to Easton’s Bible Dictionary means “God scatters.” It was a symbolical name given by Hosea to his oldest son (Hos. 1:4), in token of a great slaughter predicted by him, like that which had formerly taken place in the plain of Esdraelon (comp. Hos. 1:4, 5). [EBD] The proper name יִזְרְעֶאל (yizré’e’l, “Jezreel”) sounds like יִשְׂרָאֵל (yisra’el, “Israel”). This phonetic wordplay associates the sin at Jezreel with the judgment on Israel, stressing poetic justice. Bible.org Poetic justice according to the dictionary is "an occasion when something bad happens to a person who seems to deserve it, usually because of bad things that person has done." Actions have consequences.
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