Hosea 1:4

“And the Lord said unto him call his name Jezreel, etc.] Which some interpret the “seed of God”, as Jerom; or “arm of God”, as others; and Kimchi applies it to Jeroboam the son of Joash, who was strong, and prospered in his kingdom; but it rather signifies “God will sow”, or “scatter”f13; denoting either their dissension among themselves; or their dispersion among the nations, which afterwards came to pass; and so the Targum, “call their name scattered”; and alluding also to the city of Jezreel, where some of the idolatrous kings of Israel lived, and where much blood had been shed, which should be avenged, as follows: for yet a little while, and I will avenge the blood of Jezreel upon the…”

“Jezreel--that is, "God will scatter" (compare Zac 10:9). It was the royal city of Ahab and his successors, in the tribe of Issachar. Here Jehu exercised his greatest cruelties (Kg2 9:16, Kg2 9:25, Kg2 9:33; Kg2 10:11, Kg2 10:14, Kg2 10:17). There is in the name an allusion to "Israel" by a play of letters and sounds.”

“Call his name Jezreel - that is, in its first sense here, “God will scatter.” The life of the prophet, and his union with one so unworthy of him, were a continued prophecy of God’s mercy. The names of the children were a life-long admonition of His intervening judgments. Since Israel refused to hear God’s words, He made the prophet’s sons, through the mere fact of their presence among them, their going out and coming in, and the names which He gave them, to be preachers to the people. He depicted in them and in their names what was to be, in order that, whenever they saw or heard of them, His warnings might be forced upon them, and those who would take warning, might be saved. If, with their…”

“The blood - The slaughters made by Jehu's hand or by his order, in Jezreel. The house of Jehu - Which had now possessed the throne, through the reigns of Jehoahaz, Jehoash, and Jeroboam; but the usurper, and his successors adhering to the idolatry of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and adding other sins to it, had now provoked God to declare a sudden extirpation of the family: all this came to pass when Shallum conspiring against Zechariah, slew him, Kg2 15:8-10. The kingdom - After one and forty years tottering it fell to utter ruin and hath so continued to this day. Hosea 1:5”

“1:4 Jezreel is a fertile valley in north central Israel. • The murders Jehu committed at Jezreel are described in 2 Kgs 9–10.”

“Call: Hos 1:6, Hos 1:9; Isa 7:14, Isa 9:6; Mat 1:21; Luk 1:13, Luk 1:31, Luk 1:63; Joh 1:42 Jezreel: יזרעאל \[Strong's H3157\], God will disperse, as seed is when sown; probably intimating also the speedy dispersion of Israel by Shalmaneser. and I: Kg2 9:24, Kg2 9:25, Kg2 10:7, Kg2 10:8, Kg2 10:10, Kg2 10:11, Kg2 10:17, Kg2 10:29-31, Kg2 15:10-12 avenge: Heb. visit, Hos 2:13, Hos 9:17; Jer 23:2 will cause: Kg2 15:29, 17:6-23, Kg2 18:9-12; Ch1 5:25, Ch1 5:26; Jer 3:8; Eze 23:10, Eze 23:31 Hosea 1:5”

“"And Jehovah said to him, Call his name Jezreel; for yet a little, and I visit the blood of Jezreel upon the house of Jehu, and put an end to the kingdom of the house of Israel." The prophet is directed by God as to the names to be given to his children, because the children, as the fruit of the marriage, as well as the marriage itself, are instructive signs for the idolatrous Israel of the ten tribes. The first son is named Jezreel, after the fruitful plain of Jezreel on the north side of the Kishon (see at Jos 17:16); not, however, with any reference to the appellative meaning of the name, viz., "God sows," which is first of all alluded to in the announcement of salvation in Hosea 2:24-25,…”