Kretzmann's Popular Commentary
Hosea 10:7
As for Samaria, her king is cut off as the foam upon the water, for its kingdom had just as little solidity and stability, it was as speedily dissolved as the foam which rides on the breakers.
As for Samaria, her king is cut off as the foam upon the water, for its kingdom had just as little solidity and stability, it was as speedily dissolved as the foam which rides on the breakers.
Verse Hosea 10:7. _HER KING IS CUT OFF AS THE FOAM_] As lightly as a puff of wind blows off the foam that is formed below by a fall of water, so shall the kings of Israel be cut off. We have already s...
HER KING IS CUT OFF LIKE FOAM - (Or, more probably, “a straw) on the” (literally, “face of the) water.” A bubble, or one of those little shreds which float in countless numbers on the surface of the w...
CHAPTER 9:10-11:11 RETROSPECT, ISRAEL'S FAILURE AND RUIN _ 1. Israel once beloved, now fugitive wanderers (Hosea 9:10) _ 2. Their guilt and punishment (Hosea 10:1) 3. Exhortation and rebuke (Hosea...
GOD'S ANNIHILATING JUDGMENT ON THE MIXED CULTUS. With the land's abounding prosperity Israel has multiplied altars in the service of the mixed cultus; these Yahweh will destroy (Hosea 10:1 f.) Their p...
AS THE FOAM, &C.. on the face of the waters. Ref to Pentateuch (Genesis 1:2; Genesis 7:18). App-92....
_her king_ i. e. not merely the king who happened to be on the throne, but the monarchy itself (as Hosea 10:15). Others, less probably, her idol-god (comp. Amos 5:26). _as the foam_, &c. A striking fi...
IDOLATRY BROUGHT DESTRUCTION TO ISRAEL -- HOSEA 10:5-8 : The entire population of Samaria would come to tremble with regret concerning the practice of idolatry. The calves at Bethel and Dan led the pe...
REPROVINGISRAEL FELL INTO ANARCHY TEXT: Hosea 10:1-11 1 Israel is a luxuriant vine, that putteth forth his fruit: according to the abundance of his fruit he hath multiplied his altars; according to...
As for Samaria, her king is cut off as the foam upon the water. AS FOR SAMARIA, HER KING IS CUT OFF AS THE FOAM UPON THE WATER - (Hosea 10:3; Hosea 10:15) "foam" denoting short-lived existence and...
10:7 chips (o-10) Others, 'foam.'...
DENUNCIATIONS AND ENTREATIES This prophecy appears to have been uttered at a later date than the last. There is no longer any mention of Egypt, but the calamity from Assyria seems imminent. Again Hos...
THE MAN WHO NEVER STOPPED LOVING HOSEA _MARK KIRKPATRICK_ CHAPTER 10 THE RICHES OF ISRAEL LEAD TO HER *WORSHIP OF *IDOLS V1 Israel is like a *vine that grows plenty of fruit. But Israel became...
FOAM... WATER. — One of the most striking images in the prophecy. The word _qetseph,_ rendered “foam” — _Speaker’s Commentary_ reads “bubble” — properly signifies “chip” or “fragment.” Translate: _Lik...
נִדְמֶ֥ה שֹׁמְרֹ֖ון מַלְכָּ֑הּ כְּ קֶ֖צֶף עַל...
5. ONCE MORE: PUPPET-KINGS AND PUPPET-GODS Hosea 10:1 For another section, the tenth chapter, the prophet returns to the twin targets of his scorn: the idols and the puppet-kings. But few notes are...
“BREAK UP YOUR FALLOW GROUND” Hosea 10:1-15 Israel brought forth fruit, but not such as God could delight in. It was corrupt and evil. How great a disappointment to the Great Cultivator! The land was...
The section dealing with pollution and its punishment closes with the prophet's recapitulation and appeal. The whole case is first stated under the figure of the vine. Israel was a luxuriant vine, and...
_Pass. Hebrew, "As for Samaria, it is undone. Its king is like froth, or a bubble," &c., chap. xi. 1. The calf; (ver. 3.) Zacharias or Osee may be meant._...
It is remarkable what connection there is in the apprehension of sinners in their fears, how remote soever they are from their sinful transactions. A plain proof of the workings of conscience! Revelat...
The rest of the prophecy consists of the indignant appeals of the Holy Spirit to conscience because of the increasing evils of Israel not so much the judgment of God on a grand scale, and His grace at...
The Prophet proceeds with the same subject, nor ought it to be deemed a useless prolixity. It would have indeed been sufficient by one word to threaten the Israelites, had they been pliable and obedie...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 9, 10, AND 11. In CHAPTER 9 we have here that touching mixture of affection and judgment which we find again and again in this prophet. Ephraim should not rem...
[AS FOR] SAMARIA,.... The metropolis of the ten tribes of Israel, and here put for the whole kingdom: HER KING IS CUT OFF; which some understand of Pekah, who was killed by Hoshea; others of several...
Hosea 10:7 [As for] Samaria, her king is cut off as the foam upon the water. Ver. 7. _As for Samaria, her king is cut off, as the foam upon the waters_] An apt simile (whereof this prophet is full)....
_It_ The golden calf; _shall be carried into Assyria_ It was the custom of the eastern people, and also of the Romans, to carry away the gods of the conquered countries. _For a present to King Jareb_...
THE WATER: _ Heb._ the face of the water...
1-8 A vine is only valuable for its fruit; but Israel now brought no fruit to perfection. Their hearts were divided. God is the Sovereign of the heart; he will have all, or none. Were the stream of t...
AS FOR SAMARIA, after three years siege she shall be cut off. Her king is cut off; for all the rest of the kingdom was lost, and now he is pent up there also; he that was once the confidence of the te...
Hosea 10:7 Samaria H8111 king H4428 off H1820 (H8738) twig H7110 on H6440 water H4325 Samaria -...
‘Ephraim will receive shame, And Israel will be ashamed of his own counsel (or ‘disobedience'). As for Samaria, her king is cut off, As a twig (wood chip) on the water.' But the idol will not be th...
ISRAEL'S ‘FRUITFULNESS' IS REVEALED BY THEIR SETTING UP A MULTIPLICITY OF ALTARS AND RELIGIOUS PILLARS, DECLARING THAT THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE TO NO ONE, AND DO NOT FEAR GOD, BUT THEY WILL SHORTLY DISCOV...
CONTENTS: Jehovah's response, continued. Further reproof for Israel's impiety. CHARACTERS: God, Jareb, King of Israel. CONCLUSION: If the grace of God prevail not to destroy the love of sin in us, i...
Hosea 10:1. _Israel is an empty vine._ So is the Hebrew, but the LXX read, “a well-branched vine;” that is, full of leaves, but destitute of fruit. Their fruits are the fruits of idolatry. The figures...
CRITICAL NOTES.— HOSEA 10:5. PEOPLE] of the calf and idolatrous _priests_ shall mourn for the golden calf; their glory can neither help itself nor them. HOSEA 10:6. IT] Emphat. It itself, as well as...
EXPOSITION The concluding thought of the last chapter is the commencing one of this; while the sad subject of Israel's guilt being resumed continues in the first section (Hosea 10:1) of the chapter, a...
Shall we turn to Hosea, chapter 10. It is God's purpose for our lives that we bring forth fruit. In Isaiah chapter 6 God likens the nation of Israel to a vineyard that was planted with good plants, th...
1 Kings 21:1; 2 Kings 1:3; 2 Kings 15:30; 2 Kings 17:4; Hosea 10:15;...
Is cut off — Shortly will be cut off: this prophecy probably was delivered when Samaria was besieged....