Hosea 10:7

Hosea 10:7 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)As for Samaria, her king is cut off as the foam upon the water.
• New International Version (NIV)Samaria’s king will be destroyed, swept away like a twig on the surface of the waters.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Samaria's king shall perish like a twig on the face of the waters.
• New King James Version (NKJV)As for Samaria, her king is cut off Like a twig on the water.

Context of Hosea 10:7

5The residents of Samaria will have anxiety over the calf of Beth-aven. Indeed, its idolatrous priests rejoiced over it; the people will mourn over it, over its glory. It will certainly go into exile. 6The calf itself will be taken to Assyria as an offering to the great king. Ephraim will experience shame; Israel will be ashamed of its counsel. Samaria’s king will disappear like foam on the surface of the water. 8The high places of Aven, the sin of Israel, will be destroyed; thorns and thistles will grow over their altars. They will say to the mountains, “Cover us!” and to the hills, “Fall on us!” 9Israel, you have sinned since the days of Gibeah; they have taken their stand there. Will not war against the unjust overtake them in Gibeah?

Hosea 10:7 word by word

נִדְמֶ֥ה שֹׁמְר֖וֹן מַלְכָּ֑הּ כְּקֶ֖צֶף עַל־פְּנֵי־מָֽיִם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Samariaשֹׁמְרוֹןshômerôn · SamariaH8111
• her kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• is cut offדָּמָהdâmâh · to ceaseH1820
• as the foamקֶ֫צֶףqetseph · splinterH7110
• uponפָּנֶהpânîym · face: surfaceH6440
• the waterמַיmayim · waterH4325

Cross-references for Hosea 10:7

• 1 Kings 21:1Some time passed after these events. Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard; it was in Jezreel next to the palace of King Ahab of Samaria.
• 2 Kings 1:3But the angel of the Lord said to Elijah the Tishbite, “Go and meet the messengers of the king of Samaria and say to them, ‘Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are going to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron?
• Hosea 10:3In fact, they are now saying, “We have no king! For we do not fear the Lord. What can a king do for us?”
• 2 Kings 15:30Then Hoshea son of Elah organized a conspiracy against Pekah son of Remaliah. He attacked him, killed him, and became king in his place in the twentieth year of Jotham son of Uzziah.
• 2 Kings 17:4But the king of Assyria caught Hoshea in a conspiracy: He had sent envoys to So king of Egypt and had not paid tribute to the king of Assyria as in previous years. Therefore the king of Assyria arrested him and put him in prison.
• Jude 1:13They are wild waves of the sea, foaming up their shameful deeds; wandering stars for whom the blackness of darkness is reserved forever.

Commentaries on Hosea 10:7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7Her king is cut off as the foam - As lightly as a puff of wind blows off the foam that is formed below by a fall of water, so shall the kings of Israel be cut off. We have already seen that not less than four of them died by assassination in a very short time. See on Hosea 7:7; (note).Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7Her king is cut off like foam - (Or, more probably, “a straw) on the” (literally, “face of the) water.” A bubble, or one of those little shreds which float in countless numbers on the surface of the water, give the same image of lightness, emptiness, worthlessness, a thing too light to sink, but driven impetuously, and unresistingly, here and there, at the impulse of the torrent which hurries it along. Such was the king, whom Israel had set in the highest…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. (Ho 10:3, 15). foam--denoting short-lived existence and speedy dissolution. As the foam, though seeming to be eminent raised on the top of the water, yet has no solidity, such is the throne of Samaria. Maurer translates, "a chip" or broken branch that cannot resist the current.Read the comment

Topics related to Hosea 10:7

• Hoshea
• Rulers

In the dictionaries

• Samaria
• Samaria, Samaritan
• Ashamed
• Foam
• Hoshea
• Plow
• Reap
• Altar
• Captivity
• Hosea

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