Hosea 10:7
Samaria and its king will be destroyed, swept away like a twig on the surface of the water.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
As for Samaria, her king is cut off as the foam upon the water.
In Context
6Ephraim will be disgraced, and Israel will be ashamed at its own decisions.
Cross References
1 Kings 21:1Sometime later this happened: There was a man named Naboth from Jezreel, who owned a vineyard in Jezreel close to King Ahab's palace in Samaria.
2 Kings 15:30Then Hoshea, son of Elah, plotted against Pekah, son of Remaliah. In the twentieth year of the reign of Jotham, son of Uzziah, Hoshea attacked Pekah, killed him, and took over as king.
Hosea 10:3Then they will say, “We have no king, for we do not fear the Lord, and yet what would a king do for us?”
Hosea 13:11In my anger I give you a king, and in my fury I take one.
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 →