Oseas 10:7

7 Samaria será destruida con su rey, como una astilla sobre la superficie del agua.

Oseas 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.

Oseas 10:7 In-Context

5 Por el becerro de Bet-avén temerán los habitantes de Samaria. En verdad, por él hará duelo su pueblo, y sus sacerdotes idólatras se lamentarán a causa de él, porque de él se ha alejado su gloria.

6 También el becerro será llevado a Asiria como tributo al rey Jareb; Efraín se cubrirá de verguenza, e Israel se avergonzará de su consejo.

7 Samaria será destruida con su rey, como una astilla sobre la superficie del agua.

8 También serán destruidos los lugares altos de Avén, el pecado de Israel; espinos y abrojos crecerán sobre sus altares. Entonces dirán a los montes: ¡Cubridnos!, y a los collados: ¡Caed sobre nosotros!

9 Desde los días de Guibeá has pecado, oh Israel; ¡allí se han quedado! ¿No los alcanzará en Guibeá la batalla contra los hijos de la iniquidad?