Hosea 10:7
Samaria has cast off her king as a twig on the surface of the water.
Updated Brenton Septuagint
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 the son of Hadad gathered all his forces, and went up and besieged Samaria, he and thirty-two kings with him, and all his horse and chariots: and they went up and besieged Samaria, and fought against it.
2 Kings 15:30And Hoshea son of Elah formed a conspiracy against Pekah the son of Remaliah, and smote him, and slew him, and reigned in his stead, in the twentieth year of Jotham the son of Uzziah.
Hosea 10:3Because now they shall say, We have no king, because we feared not the Lord:
Hosea 13:11And I gave thee a king in mine anger, and kept him back 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 →