And the LORD said to him, "Call his name Jezreel, for in just a little while I will punish the house of Jehu for the blood of Jezreel, and I will put an end to the kingdom of the house of Israel. - Hosea 1:4 Jezreel was the scene of execution of Ahab’s sons by Jehu in 2 Kings 10:7. God told Jehu that his sons up to the fourth generation shall sit on the throne of Israel in 2 Kings 10:30. While the execution of Ahab’s sons in 2 Kings 10:7 was “right in my eyes” (10:30), God also punishes Jehu for the blood of Jezreel in Hosea 1:4. The house of Jehu indeed lasted only four generations after Jehu: (1) Jehu (2) Jehoahaz (3) Joash/Jehoash (4) Jeroboam II (5) Zechariah. Hosea begins his ministry in the days of Jeroboam. Thus the book of Hosea anticipates the end of the house of Jehu as told my God. The end of his house is near because of the blood of Jezreel.