Hosea 10:15
You people of [APO] Bethel city, that is what will happen to you, because you are very wicked. And when the sun rises on that day, the King of Israel will be killed in the battle.”
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Isaiah 16:14But now he says that exactly three years from now, he will destroy all the things that the people of Moab have been proud of. Even though they have a huge number of people in Moab now, only a few people will remain alive, and they will be weak/helpless.
Hosea 10:5The people who live in Samaria city are worried about what may happen to the idol that resembles a calf that they set up at Beth-Aven town. The people in Samaria will mourn, and the priests there will cry about it if it is damaged or destroyed. Previously they shouted joyfully about its being very great; but now it will not be great any more.
Amos 7:9The places on hills where the descendants of [MTY] Isaac worship idols will be destroyed. And the other important shrines in Israel will also be destroyed. And I will enable your enemies to attack your people with swords and they will get rid of King Jeroboam and all his descendants.”
Matthew Henry on Hosea 10:10-15
Threatenings of Judgment. ( b. c. 730.) 9 O Israel, thou hast sinned from the days of Gibeah: there they stood: the battle in Gibeah against the children of iniquity did not overtake them. 10 It is in my desire that I should chastise them; and the people shall be gathered against them, when they shall bind themselves in their two furrows. 11 And Ephraim is as a heifer that is taught, and loveth to tread out the corn; but I passed over upon her fair neck: I will make Ephraim to ride; Judah shall plow, and Jacob… Read the whole commentary →