Hosea 10:7

Silenced is Samaria: her king, is as a chip on the face of the waters,

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

As for Samaria, her king is cut off as the foam upon the water.

In Context

6Itself 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.

8So shall the high places of Aven, be destroyed, the sin of Israel, Thorn and prickle, shall come up on their altars,—Therefore shall they say to the mountains, Cover us, and to the hills, Fall on us.

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Cross References

1 Kings 21:1And it came to pass, after these things, that Naboth the Jezreelite had, a vineyard, which was in Jezreel,—hard by the palace of Ahab, king of Samaria.

2 Kings 15:30And Hoshea son of Elah made a conspiracy against Pekah, son of Remaliah, and smote him, and slew him, and reigned in his stead,—in the twentieth year of Jotham, son of Uzziah.

Hosea 10:3For, now, will they say, We have no king,—for we revere not Yahweh, and what could, a king, do for us?

Hosea 13:11I might give thee a king in mine anger, and take him away in my wrath.

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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