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 inhabitants of Samaria shall fear because of the calf of Beth-aven; for the people thereof shall mourn over it, and the idolatrous priests thereof shall tremble for it, for its glory, because it is departed from it. 6Yea, it shall be carried unto Assyria [as] a present for king Jareb: Ephraim shall be seized with shame, and Israel shall be ashamed of his own counsel. As for Samaria her king is cut off as chips upon the face of the waters. 8And the high places of Aven, the sin of Israel, shall be destroyed: the thorn and the thistle shall come up upon their altars; and they shall say to the mountains, Cover us! and to the hills, Fall on us! 9From the days of Gibeah hast thou sinned, O Israel: there they stood: the battle in Gibeah against the children of iniquity did not overtake them.

Hosea 10:7 word by word

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

• Samariaשֹׁמְרוֹןshômerôn · SamariaH8111
• kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• faceפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
• watersמַיmayim · waterH4325

Cross-references for Hosea 10:7

• 1 Kings 21:1And it came to pass after these things, [that] Naboth the Jizreelite had a vineyard, which was in Jizreel, by the side of the palace of Ahab king of Samaria.
• 2 Kings 1:3And the angel of Jehovah said to Elijah the Tishbite, Arise, go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria, and say to them, Is it because there is not a God in Israel, that ye go to inquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron?
• Hosea 10:3For now they will say, We have no king, for we feared not Jehovah; and a king, what can he do for us?
• 2 Kings 15:30And Hoshea the son of Elah made a conspiracy against Pekah the son of Remaliah, and smote him and slew him; and he reigned in his stead, in the twentieth year of Jotham the son of Uzziah.
• 2 Kings 17:4But the king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea; for he had sent messengers to So king of Egypt, and sent up no present to the king of Assyria as [he had done] from year to year. And the king of Assyria shut him up and bound him in prison.
• Jude 1:13raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shames; wandering stars, to whom has been reserved the gloom of darkness for eternity.

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
• Ashamed
• Foam
• Hoshea
• Plow
• Reap
• Altar
• Captivity
• Hosea
• Zechariah, Book of

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