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Retribution for Israel’s Sin

Hosea 10:7

In 11 translations

BSB
Samaria will be carried off with her king like a twig on the surface of the water.
KJV
As for Samaria, her king is cut off as the foam upon the water.the water: Heb. the face of the water
WEB
Samaria and her king float away like a twig on the water.
ASV
As for Samaria, her king is cut off, as foam upon the water.
LSV
Samaria is cut off! Its king [is] as wrath on the face of the waters.
YLT
Cut off is Samaria! Its king [is] as a chip on the face of the waters.
DBY
As for Samaria her king is cut off as chips upon the face of the waters.
DRC
Samaria hath made her king to pass as froth upon the face of the water.
GNV
Of Samaria, the King thereof is destroyed as the some vpon the water.
JPS
As for Samaria, her king is cut off, as foam upon the water.
LXXE
Samaria has cast off her king as a twig on the surface of the water.

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Original-language editions

WLC
נִדְמֶ֥ה שֹׁמְר֖וֹן מַלְכָּ֑הּ כְּקֶ֖צֶף עַל־פְּנֵי־מָֽיִם׃
LXX-Br
Ἀπέῤῥιψεν Σαμάρεια βασιλέα αὐτῆς ὡς φρύγανον ἐπὶ προσώπου ὕδατος·

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📍 Samaria◆ Prophecies of Hosea

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Hosea 10:3Surely now they will say, “We have no king, for we do not revere the LORD. What can a king do for us?”
  • Jude 1:13They are wild waves of the sea, foaming up their own shame; wandering stars, for whom blackest darkness has been reserved forever.
  • 2 Kings 1:3But the angel of the LORD said to Elijah the Tishbite, “Go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria and ask them, ‘Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are on your way to inquire of Baal-zebub, the…
  • 1 Kings 21:1Some time later, Naboth the Jezreelite happened to own a vineyard in Jezreel next to the palace of Ahab king of Samaria.
  • 2 Kings 17:4But the king of Assyria discovered that Hoshea had conspired to send envoys to King So of Egypt, and that he had not paid tribute to the king of Assyria as in previous years. Therefore the king of Assyria arrested…
  • Hosea 13:11So in My anger I gave you a king, and in My wrath I took him away.
  • 2 Kings 15:30Then Hoshea son of Elah led a conspiracy against Pekah son of Remaliah. In the twentieth year of Jotham son of Uzziah, Hoshea attacked Pekah, killed him, and reigned in his place.
  • Hosea 10:15Thus it will be done to you, O Bethel, because of your great wickedness. When the day dawns, the king of Israel will be utterly cut off.

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