Hosea 10:7
Samaria will be carried off with her king like a twig on the surface of the water.
Majority Standard Bible
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 21:1Some time after these events, Naboth the Jezreelite owned a vineyard in Jezreel next to the palace of Ahab king of Samaria.
2 Kings 15:30Then Hoshea son of Elah led a conspiracy against Pekah son of Remaliah. In the twentieth year of Jotham son of Uzziah, Hoshea attacked Pekah, killed him, and reigned in his place.
Hosea 10:3Surely now they will say, “We have no king, for we do not revere the LORD. What can a king do for us?”
Hosea 13:11So in My anger I gave you a king, and in My wrath I took him away.
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 →