Hosea 10:5

Hosea 10:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)The people who live in Samaria fear for the calf-idol of Beth Aven. Its people will mourn over it, and so will its idolatrous priests, those who had rejoiced over its splendor, because it is taken from them into exile.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The inhabitants of Samaria tremble for the calf of Beth-aven. Its people mourn for it, and so do its idolatrous priests— those who rejoiced over it and over its glory— for it has departed from them.
• New King James Version (NKJV)The inhabitants of Samaria fear Because of the calf of Beth Aven. For its people mourn for it, And its priests shriek for it— Because its glory has departed from it.

Context of Hosea 10:5

3Certainly now they will say, “We have no king, For we do not revere the Lord. As for the king, what can he do for us?” 4They speak mere words, With worthless oaths they make covenants; And judgment sprouts like poisonous weeds in the furrows of the field. The inhabitants of Samaria will fear For the calf of Beth-aven. Indeed, its people will mourn for it, And its idolatrous priests will cry out over it, Over its glory, since it has left it. 6The thing itself will be brought to Assyria As a gift of tribute to King Jareb; Ephraim will be seized with shame, And Israel will be ashamed of its own plan. 7Samaria will be destroyed with her king, Like a twig on the surface of the water.

Hosea 10:5 word by word

לְעֶגְלוֹת֙ בֵּ֣ית אָ֔וֶן יָג֖וּרוּ שְׁכַ֣ן שֹֽׁמְר֑וֹן כִּי־אָבַ֨ל עָלָ֜יו עַמּ֗וֹ וּכְמָרָיו֙ עָלָ֣יו יָגִ֔ילוּ עַל־כְּבוֹד֖וֹ כִּֽי־גָלָ֥ה מִמֶּֽנּוּ׃Read the interlinear

• The inhabitantsשָׁכֵןshâkên · neighborH7934
• of Samariaשֹׁמְרוֹןshômerôn · SamariaH8111
• will fearגּוּרgûr · to dreadH1481
• calfעֶגְלָה‛eglâh · heiferH5697
• Indeedכִּיkîy · forH3588
• its peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• will mournאָבַל'âbal · to mournH56
• idolatrousכֹּ֫מֶרkâmâr · pagan priestH3649
• will cryגִּילgîyl gûl · to rejoiceH1523
• overעַל‛al · uponH5921
• it has leftגָּלָהgâlâh · to reveal: removeH1540

Cross-references for Hosea 10:5

• Hosea 8:5He has rejected your calf, Samaria, saying, “My anger burns against them!” How long will they be incapable of innocence?
• Hosea 13:2And now they sin more and more, And make for themselves cast metal images, Idols skillfully made from their silver, All of them the work of craftsmen. They say of them, “Let the people who sacrifice kiss the calves!”
• 1 Kings 12:28So the king consulted, and he made two golden calves; and he said to the people, “It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem; behold your gods, Israel, that brought you up from the land of Egypt.”
• 2 Kings 10:29However, as for the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, into which he misled Israel, from these Jehu did not desist, including the golden calves that were at Bethel and at Dan.
• 2 Kings 17:16And they abandoned all the commandments of the Lord their God and made for themselves cast metal images: two calves. And they made an Asherah, and worshiped all the heavenly lights, and served Baal.
• 2 Chronicles 11:15He set up priests of his own for the high places, for the satyrs and the calves which he had made.
• 2 Chronicles 13:8“So now you intend to assert yourselves against the kingdom of the Lord through the sons of David, being a great multitude and having with you the golden calves which Jeroboam made for you as gods.
• Hosea 4:15Though you, Israel, play the prostitute, Judah must not become guilty; Also you are not to go to Gilgal, Nor go up to Beth-aven And take the oath: “As the Lord lives!”
• Hosea 5:8Blow the horn in Gibeah, And the trumpet in Ramah. Sound an alarm at Beth-aven: “Behind you, Benjamin!”
• Joshua 7:2Now Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is near Beth-aven, east of Bethel, and said to them, “Go up and spy out the land.” So the men went up and spied out Ai.
• Judges 18:24And he said, “You have taken my gods which I made, and the priest, and have gone away; what more do I have? So how can you say to me, ‘What is the matter with you?’”
• Revelation 18:11“And the merchants of the earth weep and mourn over her, because no one buys their cargo any more--
• 2 Kings 23:5Then he did away with the idolatrous priests whom the kings of Judah had appointed to burn incense on the high places in the cities of Judah and in the surrounding area of Jerusalem, as well as those who burned incense to Baal, to the sun, to the moon, to the constellations, and to all the remaining heavenly lights.
• Zephaniah 1:4“So I will stretch out My hand against Judah And against all the inhabitants of Jerusalem. And I will eliminate the remnant of Baal from this place, And the names of the idolatrous priests along with the other priests.
• Hosea 9:11As for Ephraim, their glory will fly away like a bird-- No birth, no pregnancy, and no conception!
• 1 Samuel 4:21And she named the boy Ichabod, saying, “The glory has departed from Israel,” because the ark of God had been taken and because of her father-in-law and her husband.

Commentaries on Hosea 10:5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5The inhabitants of Samaria shall fear - According to Calmet, shall worship the calves of Beth-aven; those set up by Jeroboam, at Beth-el. Fear is often taken for religious reverence. The people thereof shall mourn - On seeing the object of their worship carried into captivity, as well as themselves. And the priests thereof - כמרים kemarim . The priests of Samaria, says Calmet, are here called kemarim, that is, black coats, or shouters, because they made…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5The inhabitants of Samaria shall fear because of - (i. e., for) the calves of Beth-aven He calls them in this place “cow-calves,” perhaps to denote their weakness and helplessness. So far from their idol being able to help “them, they” shall be anxious and troubled for their idols, lest these should be taken captive from them. The “Bethel (House of God)” of the patriarch Jacob, was now turned into “Bethaven, the house of vanity.” This, from its old sacred…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5-6The Assyrians would take Israel's gold calf idol (see Hosea 8:5–6) as a war prize.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. fear because of the calves--that is, shall fear for them. Beth-aven--substituted for Beth-el in contempt (Ho 4:15). it--singular, the one in Beth-el; after the pattern of which the other "calves" (plural) were made. "Calves" in the Hebrew is feminine, to express contempt. priests--The Hebrew is only used of idolatrous priests (2Ki 23:5; Zep 1:4), from a root meaning either "the black garment" in which they were attired; or, "to resound," referring to…Read the comment

Topics related to Hosea 10:5

• Beth-Aven
• Calf
• Chemarim

In the dictionaries

• Samaria
• Beth-Aven
• Ashamed
• Bethaven
• Bethel
• Chemarim
• Plow
• Reap
• Altar
• Calf, Golden

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