“ As for Samaria, her king is cut off as the foam upon the water.c ”
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...
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.) Th...
as the foam, &c. . on the face of the waters. Ref to Pentateuch ( Genesis 1:2 ; Genesis 7:18 ). App-92.
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...
As for Samaria, her king is cut off as the foam upon the water. 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 t...
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 exis...
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...
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:...
5. ONCE MORE: PUPPET-KINGS AND PUPPET-GODS Hosea 10:1-15 For another section, the tenth chapter, the prophet returns to the twin targets of his scorn: the idols and the puppet-kings. But few no...
“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 la...
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, an...
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! Revel...
[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 sev...
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 ful...
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...
Degeneracy of Israel; Threatenings of Judgment. B. C. 730. 1 Israel is an empty vine,...
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...
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 Disc...
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...
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 figu...
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 10:1-28 ) of the...
The Seats of Worship Destroyed
1 Kings 21:1 ; 2 Kings 1:3 ; 2 Kings 15:30 ; 2 Kings 17:4 ; Hosea 10:15 ; Hosea 10:3 ; Jude 1:13
Is cut off — Shortly will be cut off: this prophecy probably was delivered when Samaria was besieged.