Matthew Poole and continuators on Hosea 1:7

7 But I will have mercy on the house of Judah , and will save them by the LORD their God , and will not save them by bow , nor by sword, nor by battel, by horses nor by horsemen.

Or and, or yet.

The Lord who threatneth Israel; proud, flourishing, secure and sinful Israel: He promiseth mercy to poor, oppressed, and impoverished Iudah.

Prolonging that Kingdom 132 years after Israel ceased to be a Kingdom, preserving them from the combined powers of the King of Syria and the King of Israel, who combine to destroy them; raising them up to greatness and glory in the Reign of Hezekiah, in whose dayes the house of Judah was saved by a Miracle, beside all these, Judah's Captivity was for 70 years, I[illegible: 1 letter]ra[illegible: 2 letters] 's for ever; Judah returned to their own Land. Israel never did. By this as the Prophet would abate the Pride of Israel, so possibly he would secretly direct the best among Israel whither to go to find Mercy.

Including Benjamin, and such of the L[illegible: 1 letter]vites as adhered constant to Gods Law and Worship, and as many of the other Tribes, as renounced the Calves, Baal, and all Idolatrous Worship, and worship God alone as he requir'd, all these, in this case are included in Judah, and so we find many such returning with Judah.

Preserve, that violence do not swallow them up, nor length of Captivity do not wear them our; and this preserved remnant shall return and be planted in their own land, and there kept in safety. This promise does seem to point out such temporal Salvation, but as a Type of a far better and more glorious Salvation.

Either by Me[illegible: 1 letter]siah, who is the Lord and their God, or by God himself, as their God whom they did not as Israel forsake utterly. This passage bids us look to that extraordinary miraculous deliverance of Hezekiah and Jerusalem. Vid. Isa. 37.36. and 2 King. 18.13. and 2 Chron. 32.1.

Here God removeth all force and might, whether their own or their Allies, all that might Eclipse the Glory of God in this Salvation. Now this was very fully performed in H[illegible: 1 letter]z[illegible: 1 letter]kiah's time, when Senacherib's Army was, Isa. 37.35, 36. cut off in one night by an Angel, and in Cyru[illegible: 1 letter] time, and Darius the Captive Jewes saw 'twas not by Power nor by Might, but the Lord saved them, so should it be here, as Psal. 44.5, 6. Isa. 43.7, 15. Zech. 4.6.

Marginal references: [illegible: 1 letter]ech. 5.10.