Osea 10:7

7 Il re di Samaria perirà, come la schiuma in su l’acqua.

Osea 10:7 Meaning and Commentary

Hosea 10:7

[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 of their kings cut off one after another, very suddenly and quickly, as the metaphor after used shows; or rather Hoshea the last king is meant, who was cut off by the king of Assyria; the present tense is used for the future, to denote the certainty of it. Aben Ezra thinks the verb "cut off" is to be repeated, Samaria is "cut off, her king [is] cut off"; both king and kingdom destroyed. So the Targum,

``Samaria is cut off with her king:''

as the foam upon the water;
as any light thing flowing upon it; as the bark of a tree, as Kimchi and Abarbinel; or as the scum upon a boiling pot of water, as Jarchi, and the Targum; or as foam, which is an assemblage of bubbles upon the water; such are kings and kingdoms, swell, look big and high for a while; but are mere bubbles, empty things; and are often suddenly, quickly, and easily destroyed; so Samaria and her king were by the Assyrian army; the Lord of hosts, the King of kings, being against them.

Osea 10:7 In-Context

5 Gli abitanti di Samaria saranno spaventati per le vitelle di Bet-aven; perciocchè il popolo del vitello farà cordoglio di esso; e i suoi Camari, che solevano festeggiar d’esso, faranno cordoglio della sua gloria; perciocchè si sarà dipartita da lui.

6 Ed egli stesso sarà portato in Assiria, per presente al re protettore; Efraim riceverà vergogna, e Israele sarà confuso del suo consiglio.

7 Il re di Samaria perirà, come la schiuma in su l’acqua.

8 E gli alti luoghi di Aven, che sono il peccato d’Israele, saran distrutti; spine, e triboli cresceranno sopra i loro altari, ed essi diranno a’ monti: Copriteci; ed a’ colli: Cadeteci addosso.

9 O Israele, tu hai peccato da’ giorni di Ghibea; là si presentarono in battaglia, la quale non li colse in Ghibea, coi figliuoli d’iniquità.