Hosea 13:16

Samaria will be guilty, 1 for she has rebelled against her God. 1 They will fall by the sword; 1 their young children will be dashed to pieces, 1 and their pregnant women will be ripped open.

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Samaria shall become desolate; for she hath rebelled against her God: they shall fall by the sword: their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their women with child shall be ripped up.

In Context

15Though Ephraim is prosperous among his brothers, 1 an east wind will come; 1 the wind of Yahweh will blow in from the wilderness. 1 Ephraim's spring will dry up, 1 and his well will have no water. 1 His enemy will plunder his storehouse of every precious object. 1

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Cross References

2 Kings 8:12Hazael asked, “Why do you weep, my master?” He answered, “Because I know the evil that you will do to the people of Israel. You will set their strongholds on fire, and you will kill their young men with the sword, dash in pieces their little ones, and rip open their pregnant women.”

2 Kings 17:6In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria took Samaria and carried Israel away to Assyria. He put them in Halah, at the Habor River of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.

2 Kings 19:9Then Sennacherib heard that Tirhakah king of Cush and Egypt had mobilized to fight against him, so he sent messengers again to Hezekiah with a message:

Isaiah 7:8because the head of Aram is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin. 1 Within sixty-five years, Ephraim will be shattered and will no longer be a people. 1

Isaiah 13:16Their infants also will be dashed in pieces before their eyes. 1 Their houses will be plundered and their wives raped. 1

Hosea 7:14They have not cried to me with all their heart, 1 but they wail on their beds. 1 They gather together for grain and new wine, 1 and they turn away from me. + 7:14 Instead of They gather together , which the Hebrew text has, some ancient copies and many modern versions have They cut themselves , an allusion to the pagan custom of idol worshipers wounding themselves in the frenzy of prayer. 1

Matthew Henry on Hosea 13:10-16

The Folly of Israel; Promises of Mercy. ( b. c. 722.) 9 O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself; but in me is thine help. 10 I will be thy king: where is any other that may save thee in all thy cities? and thy judges of whom thou saidst, Give me a king and princes? 11 I gave thee a king in mine anger, and took him away in my wrath. 12 The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up; his sin is hid. 13 The sorrows of a travailing woman shall come upon him: he is an unwise son; for he should not stay long in the place of the… Read the whole commentary →

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