New English Translation
Hosea 10:6
6Even the calf idol will be carried to Assyria, as tribute for the great king. Ephraim will be disgraced; Israel will be put to shame because of its wooden idol.
Hosea 10:6 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)It shall be also carried unto Assyria for a present to king Jareb: Ephraim shall receive shame, and Israel shall be ashamed of his own counsel.
- New International Version (NIV)It will be carried to Assyria as tribute for the great king. Ephraim will be disgraced; Israel will be ashamed of its foreign alliances.
- English Standard Version (ESV)The thing itself shall be carried to Assyria as tribute to the great king. Ephraim shall be put to shame, and Israel shall be ashamed of his idol.
- New King James Version (NKJV)The idol also shall be carried to Assyria As a present for King Jareb. Ephraim shall receive shame, And Israel shall be ashamed of his own counsel.
Context of Hosea 10:6
4They utter empty words, taking false oaths and making empty agreements. Therefore legal disputes sprout up like poisonous weeds in the furrows of a plowed field. 5The inhabitants of Samaria will lament over the calf idol of Beth Aven. Its people will mourn over it; its idolatrous priests will wail over it, because its splendor will be taken from them into exile. Even the calf idol will be carried to Assyria, as tribute for the great king. Ephraim will be disgraced; Israel will be put to shame because of its wooden idol. 7Samaria and its king will be carried off like a twig on the surface of the waters. 8The high places of the “House of Wickedness” will be destroyed; it is the place where Israel sins. Thorns and thistles will grow up over its altars. Then they will say to the mountains, “Cover us!” and to the hills, “Fall on us!”
Read all of Hosea 10Hosea 10:6 word by word
גַּם־אוֹתוֹ֙ לְאַשּׁ֣וּר יוּבָ֔ל מִנְחָ֖ה לְמֶ֣לֶךְ יָרֵ֑ב בָּשְׁנָה֙ אֶפְרַ֣יִם יִקָּ֔ח וְיֵב֥וֹשׁ יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל מֵעֲצָתֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- It shall be also carriedיָבַלyâbal · to conductH2986
- unto Assyriaאַשּׁוּר'ashshûr 'ashshûr · AssyriaH804
- a presentמִנְחָהminchâh · offering: tributeH4503
- to kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
- Jarebיָרֵבyârêb · `great`H3377
- Ephraimאֶפְרַ֫יִם'ephrayim · EphraimH669
- shall receiveלָקַחlâqach · to take: bringH3947
- shameבׇּשְׁנָהboshnâh · shameH1317
- and Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
- shall be ashamedבּוֹשׁbûsh · be ashamedH954
- of his own counselעֵצָה‛êtsâh · counselH6098
Cross-references for Hosea 10:6
- Hosea 8:6That idol was made by a workman – it is not God! The calf idol of Samaria will be broken to bits.
- Isaiah 46:1Bel kneels down, Nebo bends low. Their images weigh down animals and beasts. Your heavy images are burdensome to tired animals.
- Jeremiah 43:12He will set fire to the temples of the gods of Egypt. He will burn their gods or carry them off as captives. He will pick Egypt clean like a shepherd picks the lice from his clothing. He will leave there unharmed.
- Daniel 11:8He will also take their gods into captivity to Egypt, along with their cast images and prized utensils of silver and gold. Then he will withdraw for some years from the king of the north.
- Hosea 5:13When Ephraim saw his sickness and Judah saw his wound, then Ephraim turned to Assyria, and begged its great king for help. But he will not be able to heal you! He cannot cure your wound!
- 2 Kings 17:3King Shalmaneser of Assyria threatened him; Hoshea became his subject and paid him tribute.
- Hosea 4:19A whirlwind has wrapped them in its wings; they will be brought to shame because of their idolatrous worship.
- Isaiah 1:29Indeed, they will be ashamed of the sacred trees you find so desirable; you will be embarrassed because of the sacred orchards where you choose to worship.
- Isaiah 44:9All who form idols are nothing; the things in which they delight are worthless. Their witnesses cannot see; they recognize nothing, so they are put to shame.
- Isaiah 45:16They will all be ashamed and embarrassed; those who fashion idols will all be humiliated.
- Jeremiah 2:26Just as a thief has to suffer dishonor when he is caught, so the people of Israel will suffer dishonor for what they have done. So will their kings and officials, their priests and their prophets.
- Jeremiah 3:24From earliest times our worship of that shameful god, Baal, has taken away all that our ancestors worked for. It has taken away our flocks and our herds, and even our sons and daughters.
- Jeremiah 48:13The people of Moab will be disappointed by their god Chemosh. They will be as disappointed as the people of Israel were when they put their trust in the calf god at Bethel.
- Ezekiel 36:31Then you will remember your evil behavior and your deeds which were not good; you will loathe yourselves on account of your sins and your abominable deeds.
- Hosea 11:6A sword will flash in their cities, it will destroy the bars of their city gates, and will devour them in their fortresses.
- Job 18:7His vigorous steps are restricted, and his own counsel throws him down.
Commentaries on Hosea 10:6
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6A present to King Jareb - See on Hosea 5:13; (note). If this be a proper name, the person intended is not known in history: but it is most likely that Pul, king of Assyria, is intended, to whom Menahem, king of Israel, appears to have given one of the golden calves, to insure his assistance.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6It shall be also carried - (that is, “Itself also shall be carried”). Not Israel only shall be carried into captivity, but its god also. The victory over a nation was accounted of old a victory over its gods, as indeed it showed their impotence. Hence, the excuse made by the captains of Benhadad, that the gods of “Israel were gods of the hills, and not gods of the valleys” 1 Kings 20:23, 1 Kings 20:28, and God‘s vindication of His own Almightiness, which…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. 66. It ... also--The calf, so far from saving its worshippers from deportation, itself shall be carried off; hence "Israel shall be ashamed" of it. Jareb--(See on Ho 5:13). "A present to the king (whom they looked to as) their defender," or else avenger, whose wrath they wished to appease, namely, Shalmaneser. The minor states applied this title to the Great King, as the avenging Protector. his own counsel--the calves, which Jeroboam set up as a stroke of…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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