NET Bible
"Samaria and its king will be carried off like a twig on the surface of the waters."
— Hosea 10:7, NET Bible
“As for Samaria, her king is cut off as the foam upon the water.”
“As for Samaria, her king is cut off, as foam upon the water. ”
“Samaria and her king float away, like a twig on the water.”
“Samaria hath made her king to pass as froth upon the face of the water.”
“As for Samaria, her king is cut off, like mist on the water.”
“As for Samaria, her king is cut off as the foam upon the water.”
They utter empty words, taking false oaths and making empty agreements. Therefore legal disputes sprout up like poisonous weeds in the furrows of a plowed field.
The Calf Idol and Idolaters of Samaria Will Be Exiled The inhabitants of Samaria will lament over the calf idol of Beth Aven. Its people will mourn over it; its idolatrous priests will wail over it, because its splendor will be taken from them into exile.
Even the calf idol will be carried to Assyria, as tribute for the great king. Ephraim will be disgraced; Israel will be put to shame because of its wooden idol.
Samaria and its king will be carried off like a twig on the surface of the waters.
The high places of the“House of Wickedness” will be destroyed; it is the place where Israel sins. Thorns and thistles will grow up over its altars. Then they will say to the mountains,“Cover us!” and to the hills,“Fall on us!”
Failure to Learn from the Sin and Judgment of Gibeah O Israel, you have sinned since the time of Gibeah, and there you have remained. Did not war overtake the evildoers in Gibeah?
When I please, I will discipline them; I will gather nations together to attack them, to bind them in chains for their two sins.