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 people who live in Samaria will be afraid. They will worry about their image of a calf at Beth Aven. They will weep because it will go away from them. The priests who serve the idol will cry too. They know that an enemy will take away their great and beautiful idol. 6Assyria's army will carry the idol away. It will be a gift to give honour to Assyria's great king. Ephraim's people will feel ashamed. They will be sorry that they trusted in their wooden idol. The people of Samaria and their king will come to an end. They will be like a small stick that water carries away. 8The wicked altars on the hills will break into pieces. These are places where Israel's people have done bad things. Thorn bushes and weeds will grow all over their altars. Then the people will say to the mountains, ‘Hide us!’ They will say to the hills, ‘Fall on us!’ 9The Lord says, ‘People of Israel, you have continued to do bad things, since the time that you were at Gibeah. When the people did evil things at Gibeah, war destroyed them as a result.

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 21:1Naboth lived in a town called Jezreel. He had a vineyard in Jezreel, near to the palace of Ahab, the king of Samaria.
• 2 Kings 1:3Then the angel of the Lord spoke to Elijah. He was a prophet who came from Tishbe. The angel said, ‘Go and meet the men that the king of Samaria has sent. Say to them, “Do you think that there is no God in Israel? Is that why you are going to Ekron's god, Baal-Zebub, to ask if the king will be well again?”
• Hosea 10:3Soon these people will say, ‘We did not respect the Lord's authority. Because of that we have no king. But even if we had a king now, he could not do anything to help us.’
• 2 Kings 15:30Then Elah's son Hoshea made a plan to kill Remaliah's son, Pekah. Hoshea murdered Pekah and he became king instead. That happened when Uzziah's son Jotham had been king of Judah for 20 years.
• 2 Kings 17:4Then King Shalmaneser discovered that Hoshea had decided to turn against him. Hoshea had sent a message to So, the king of Egypt, to ask for his help. He had also refused to send the taxes for that year to the king of Assyria. So King Shalmaneser took hold of Hoshea and he put him in prison.
• Jude 1:13Those false teachers are like water in the sea that the wind blows during a storm. The dirt that comes to the top of the water is like the disgusting things that those people do. They are like stars that have moved away from their proper places in the sky. God has prepared a completely dark place for them. God will keep them there for ever.

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