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Hosea 10:14
14the roar of battle will rise against your people, and all your fortifications will be demolished in a day of war, like Shalman’s destruction of Beth-arbel. Mothers will be dashed to pieces along with their children.
Hosea 10:14 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Therefore shall a tumult arise among thy people, and all thy fortresses shall be spoiled, as Shalman spoiled Beth–arbel in the day of battle: the mother was dashed in pieces upon her children.
- New International Version (NIV)the roar of battle will rise against your people, so that all your fortresses will be devastated— as Shalman devastated Beth Arbel on the day of battle, when mothers were dashed to the ground with their children.
- English Standard Version (ESV)therefore the tumult of war shall arise among your people, and all your fortresses shall be destroyed, as Shalman destroyed Beth-arbel on the day of battle; mothers were dashed in pieces with their children.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Therefore tumult shall arise among your people, And all your fortresses shall be plundered As Shalman plundered Beth Arbel in the day of battle— A mother dashed in pieces upon her children.
Context of Hosea 10:14
12Sow righteousness for yourselves and reap faithful love; break up your unplowed ground. It is time to seek the Lord until he comes and sends righteousness on you like the rain. 13You have plowed wickedness and reaped injustice; you have eaten the fruit of lies. Because you have trusted in your own way and in your large number of soldiers, the roar of battle will rise against your people, and all your fortifications will be demolished in a day of war, like Shalman’s destruction of Beth-arbel. Mothers will be dashed to pieces along with their children. 15So it will be done to you, Bethel, because of your extreme evil. At dawn the king of Israel will be totally destroyed.
Read all of Hosea 10Hosea 10:14 word by word
וְקָ֣אם שָׁאוֹן֮ בְּעַמֶּךָ֒ וְכָל־מִבְצָרֶ֣יךָ יוּשַּׁ֔ד כְּשֹׁ֧ד שַֽׁלְמַ֛ן בֵּ֥ית אַֽרְבֵ֖אל בְּי֣וֹם מִלְחָמָ֑ה אֵ֥ם עַל־בָּנִ֖ים רֻטָּֽשָׁה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Therefore shall a tumultשָׁאוֹןshâ'ôn · roarH7588
- ariseקוּםqûm · to arise: riseH6965
- among thy peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
- and all thy fortressesמִבְצָרmibtsâr mibtsârâh · fortificationH4013
- shall be spoiledשָׁדַדshâdad · to ruinH7703
- as Shalmanשַׁלְמַןshalman · ShalmanH8020
- spoiledשֹׁדshôd shôd · violenceH7701
- Beth–arbelבֵּית אַֽרְבֵֿאלbêyth 'arbê'l · Beth-arbelH1009
- in the dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
- of battleמִלְחָמָהmilchâmâh · battleH4421
- the motherאֵם'êm · motherH517
- was dashed in piecesרָטַשׁrâţash · to dash in piecesH7376
- childrenבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
Cross-references for Hosea 10:14
- Hosea 13:16Samaria will bear her guilt because she has rebelled against her God. They will fall by the sword; their children will be dashed to pieces, and their pregnant women ripped open.
- Isaiah 22:1A pronouncement concerning the Valley of Vision: What’s the matter with you? Why have all of you gone up to the rooftops?
- Isaiah 33:14The sinners in Zion are afraid; trembling seizes the ungodly: “Who among us can dwell with a consuming fire? Who among us can dwell with ever-burning flames?”
- Amos 3:8A lion has roared; who will not fear? The Lord God has spoken; who will not prophesy?
- Amos 9:5The Lord, the God of Armies — he touches the earth; it melts, and all who dwell in it mourn; all of it rises like the Nile and subsides like the Nile of Egypt.
- 2 Kings 17:16They abandoned all the commands of the Lord their God. They made cast images for themselves, two calves, and an Asherah pole. They bowed in worship to all the stars in the sky and served Baal.
- 2 Kings 18:9In the fourth year of King Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Israel’s King Hoshea son of Elah, Assyria’s King Shalmaneser marched against Samaria and besieged it.
- Jeremiah 48:41The towns have been captured, and the strongholds seized. In that day the heart of Moab’s warriors will be like the heart of a woman with contractions.
- Nahum 3:12All your fortresses are fig trees with figs that ripened first; when shaken, they fall — right into the mouth of the eater!
- Habakkuk 1:10They mock kings, and rulers are a joke to them. They laugh at every fortress and build siege ramps to capture it.
- 2 Kings 18:33Has any of the gods of the nations ever rescued his land from the power of the king of Assyria?
- 2 Kings 19:11Look, you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all the countries: They completely destroyed them. Will you be rescued?
- Genesis 32:11Please rescue me from my brother Esau, for I am afraid of him; otherwise, he may come and attack me, the mothers, and their children.
- Isaiah 13:16Their children will be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses will be looted, and their wives raped.
- Jeremiah 13:14I will smash them against each other, fathers and sons alike — this is the Lord’s declaration. I will allow no mercy, pity, or compassion to keep me from destroying them.’”
- Nahum 3:10Yet she became an exile; she went into captivity. Her children were also dashed to pieces at the head of every street. They cast lots for her dignitaries, and all her nobles were bound in chains.
Commentaries on Hosea 10:14
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 14Shall a tumult arise - The enemy shall soon fall upon thy people, and take all thy fortified places. As Shalman spoiled Beth-arbel - Some think that this refers to Jerubbaal, or Gideon's victory over Zalmunna, general of the Midianites; see Judges 7:8. Others think that an allusion is made here to the destruction of Arbela, a city of Armenia, by Shalmaneser, here called Shalman; and this while he was only general of the Assyrian forces, and not yet king…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 14Therefore shall a tumult arise among thy people - Literally, “peoples.” Such was the immediate fruit of departing from God and trusting in human beings and idols. They trusted in their own might, and the multitude of their people. That might should, through intestine division and anarchy, become their destruction. As in the dislocated state of the Roman empire under the first emperors, so in lsrael, the successive usurpers arose out of their armies…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 9-15Verses 9-15 Because God does not desire the death and ruin of sinners, therefore in mercy he desires their chastisement. The children of iniquity still remained in Israel. The enemies would be gathered against them. It is just with God to make those know what hardships mean, who indulge themselves in ease and pleasure. Let them cleanse their hearts from all corrupt affections and lusts, and be a broken and contrite spirit. Let them abound in works of…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 14as Shalman devastated Beth-arbel: This event is not mentioned elsewhere in the Bible or in other sources, but Hosea's audience clearly knew about it.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1414. tumult--a tumultuous war. among thy people--literally, "peoples": the war shall extend to the whole people of Israel, through all the tribes, and the peoples allied to her. Shalman spoiled Beth-arbel--that is, Shalmaneser, a compound name, in which the part common to it and the names of three other Assyrian kings, is omitted; Tiglath-pileser, Esar-haddon, Shar-ezer. So Jeconiah is abbreviated to Coniah. Arbel was situated in Naphtali in Galilee, on…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Hosea 10
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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