Hosea 10:6
Itself also, to Assyria, shall be borne along, as a present to a hostile king,—shame, shall Ephraim receive, that Israel, may be ashamed, of his own counsel.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
7Silenced is Samaria: her king, is as a chip on the face of the waters,
Cross References
2 Kings 17:3Against him, came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria,—and Hoshea became his servant, and rendered him a present.
Isaiah 1:29For they shall turn pale on account of the oaks which ye desired,—And ye shall blush on account of the gardens which ye had chosen;
Isaiah 44:9The fashioners of an image—all of them, are emptiness, And, the things they delight in, cannot profit,—And, their, witnesses, they, neither see nor know, That they may be ashamed.
Isaiah 46:1Bel, hath crouched, Nebo, is cowering, Their images, are delivered up to beast and to cattle,—The things ye carried about, are become a load, A burden, to the weary!
Jeremiah 2:36How vigorously, thou goest about changing thy way! Even of Egypt, shalt thou be ashamed, just as thou wast ashamed of Assyria:
Jeremiah 7:24Yet they hearkened not Neither inclined their ear, But walked, In the counsels—In the stubbornness of their own wicked heart; And went backward, and not forward.
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 →