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Hosea 10:6
6This idol will be carted away to Assyria, a gift to the great king there. Ephraim will be ridiculed and Israel will be shamed, because its people have trusted in this 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 spout empty words and make covenants they don’t intend to keep. So injustice springs up among them like poisonous weeds in a farmer’s field. 5The people of Samaria tremble in fear for their calf idol at Beth-aven, and they mourn for it. Though its priests rejoice over it, its glory will be stripped away. This idol will be carted away to Assyria, a gift to the great king there. Ephraim will be ridiculed and Israel will be shamed, because its people have trusted in this idol. 7Samaria and its king will be cut off; they will float away like driftwood on an ocean wave. 8And the pagan shrines of Aven, the place of Israel’s sin, will crumble. Thorns and thistles will grow up around their altars. They will beg the mountains, “Bury us!” and plead with 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 8:6This calf you worship, O Israel, was crafted by your own hands! It is not God! Therefore, it must be smashed to bits.
- Isaiah 46:1Bel and Nebo, the gods of Babylon, bow as they are lowered to the ground. They are being hauled away on ox carts. The poor beasts stagger under the weight.
- Jeremiah 43:12He will set fire to the temples of Egypt’s gods; he will burn the temples and carry the idols away as plunder. He will pick clean the land of Egypt as a shepherd picks fleas from his cloak. And he himself will leave unharmed.
- Daniel 11:8When he returns to Egypt, he will carry back their idols with him, along with priceless articles of gold and silver. For some years afterward he will leave the king of the north alone.
- Hosea 5:13“When Israel and Judah saw how sick they were, Israel turned to Assyria— to the great king there— but he could neither help nor cure them.
- 2 Kings 17:3King Shalmaneser of Assyria attacked King Hoshea, so Hoshea was forced to pay heavy tribute to Assyria.
- Hosea 4:19So a mighty wind will sweep them away. Their sacrifices to idols will bring them shame.
- Isaiah 1:29You will be ashamed of your idol worship in groves of sacred oaks. You will blush because you worshiped in gardens dedicated to idols.
- Isaiah 44:9How foolish are those who manufacture idols. These prized objects are really worthless. The people who worship idols don’t know this, so they are all put to shame.
- Isaiah 45:16All craftsmen who make idols will be humiliated. They will all be disgraced together.
- Jeremiah 2:26“Israel is like a thief who feels shame only when he gets caught. They, their kings, officials, priests, and prophets— all are alike in this.
- Jeremiah 3:24From childhood we have watched as everything our ancestors worked for— their flocks and herds, their sons and daughters— was squandered on a delusion.
- Jeremiah 48:13At last Moab will be ashamed of his idol Chemosh, as the people of Israel were ashamed of their gold calf at Bethel.
- Ezekiel 36:31Then you will remember your past sins and despise yourselves for all the detestable things you did.
- Hosea 11:6War will swirl through their cities; their enemies will crash through their gates. They will destroy them, trapping them in their own evil plans.
- Job 18:7The confident stride of the wicked will be shortened. Their own schemes will be their downfall.
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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