Hosea 10:6

It will be taken to Assyria to be a gift for the great King of Assyria. So the people of Israel will be disgraced, and they will be ashamed because they trusted in that idol.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

It shall be also carried unto Assyria for a present to king Jareb: Ephraim shall receive shame, and Israel shall be ashamed of his own counsel.

In Context

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.

7The King of Samaria and the other people in Samaria will be gone; they will be like [SIM] a twig that floats away on the surface of the water and disappears.

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Cross References

2 Kings 17:3The army of King Shalmaneser of Assyria attacked and defeated the army of King Hoshea. As a result, the Israelis were forced to pay a lot of tribute/taxes to Assyria each year.

Isaiah 1:29You will be ashamed because you worshiped idols under the oak trees that you considered to be sacred; you will be disgraced because you worshiped idols in the gardens where you chose to worship them.

Isaiah 44:9All those who make idols are foolish, and the idols that they ◄think highly of/greatly respect► are worthless. And the people who worship those idols— it is as though they are blind, and they will be ashamed for having worshiped those idols.

Isaiah 46:1It is as though Bel and Nebo, the statues of the gods of Babylonia, are bowing down as those statues are put on animals and carried away! The statues are heavy burdens and will cause the animals to become tired [SAR]!

Jeremiah 2:36Previously you requested the army of Assyria to help you, but they were not able to help you. Now you have requested the army of Egypt to help you, but they will not be able to help you, either.

Jeremiah 7:24But your ancestors would not pay any attention [DOU] to me. They continued to do the evil things that they wanted to do, everything that in their stubborn inner beings they desired to do. Instead of coming closer to me, they went further away from me.

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 →

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