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Hosea 10:7

Samaria
Judgment

5 The inhabitants of Samaria shall fear because of the calves of Beth-aven: for the people thereof shall mourn over it, and the priests thereof that rejoiced on it, for the glory thereof, because it is departed from it.

6 It shall be also carried unto Assyria for a present to king Jareb: Ephraim shall receive shame, and Israel shall be ashamed of his own counsel.

As for Samaria, her king is cut off as the foam upon the water.

8 The high places also of Aven, the sin of Israel, shall be destroyed: the thorn and the thistle shall come up on their altars; and they shall say to the mountains, Cover us; and to the hills, Fall on us.

9 O Israel, thou hast sinned from the days of Gibeah: there they stood: the battle in Gibeah against the children of iniquity did not overtake them.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Samaria will be carried off with her king like a twig on the surface of the water.
KJV
As for Samaria, her king is cut off as the foam upon the water.
WEB
Samaria and her king float away like a twig on the water.
ASV
[As for] Samaria, her king is cut off, as foam upon the water.
DARBY
As for Samaria her king is cut off as chips upon the face of the waters.
BLB
Samaria will be cut off [with] her king, like a twig on the face of the water.
ÅB
Samarias konge skal bli borte som en spån på vannets flate.
OTB
Samaria og hennes konge vil gå til grunne,
Som en kvist på vannets overflate.
B1930
Samarias konge skal bli borte som en spån på vannets flate.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Hosea 10:3

    For now they shall say, We have no king, because we feared not the LORD; what then should a king do to us?

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  • 2 Kings 1:3

    But the angel of the LORD said to Elijah the Tishbite, Arise, go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria, and say unto them, Is it not because there is not a God in Israel, that ye go to enquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron?

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  • Jude 1:13

    Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever.

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  • 1 Kings 21:1

    And it came to pass after these things, that Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard, which was in Jezreel, hard by the palace of Ahab king of Samaria.

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  • Hosea 13:11

    I gave thee a king in mine anger, and took him away in my wrath.

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  • Hosea 10:15

    So shall Beth-el do unto you because of your great wickedness: in a morning shall the king of Israel utterly be cut off.

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  • 2 Kings 17:4

    And the king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea: for he had sent messengers to So king of Egypt, and brought no present to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year: therefore the king of Assyria shut him up, and bound him in prison.

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  • 2 Kings 15:30

    And Hoshea the son of Elah made a conspiracy against Pekah the son of Remaliah, and smote him, and slew him, and reigned in his stead, in the twentieth year of Jotham the son of Uzziah.

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