Hosea 10:7
As for Samaria, her king shall vanish like the foam upon the surface of the water.
Leeser Tanakh
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 events, that Naboth the Yizre'elite had a vineyard, which was in Yizre'el, near the palace of Achab the king of Samaria.
2 Kings 15:30And Hoshea' the son of Elah made a conspiracy against Pekach the son of Remalyahu, and smote him, and put him to death, and became king in his stead, in the twentieth year of Jotham the son of 'Uzziyah.
Hosea 10:3For now will they say, We have no king; because we fear not the Lord: and the king—what can he do for us?
Hosea 13:11I give thee a king in my anger, and take 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 →