Hosea 10:7
[As for] Samaria, her king is cut off, as foam upon the water.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
As for Samaria, her king is cut off as the foam upon the water.
In Context
Cross References
1 Kings 21:1And it came to pass after these things, that Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard, which was in Jezreel, near by the palace of Ahab king of Samaria.
2 Kings 15:30And Hoshea the son of Elah made a conspiracy against Pekah the son of Remaliah, and smote him, and killed him, and reigned in his stead in the twentieth year of Jotham the son of Uzziah.
Hosea 10:3Surely now they shall say, We have no king, for we fear not LORD. And the king, what can he do for us?
Hosea 13:11I have given thee a king in my anger, and have taken him away in my wrath.
Matthew Henry on Hosea 10:2-9
Degeneracy of Israel; Threatenings of Judgment. ( b. c. 730.) 1 Israel is an empty vine, he bringeth forth fruit unto himself: according to the multitude of his fruit he hath increased the altars; according to the goodness of his land they have made goodly images. 2 Their heart is divided; now shall they be found faulty: he shall break down their altars, he shall spoil their images. 3 For now they shall say, We have no king, because we feared not the Lord ; what then should a king do to us? 4 They have spoken… Read the whole commentary →