Héxīāshū 10:7

7 Zhìyú Sāmǎlìyà , tāde wáng bì miè mò , rú shuǐ miàn de mò zǐ yíyàng .

Héxīāshū 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.

Héxīāshū 10:7 In-Context

5 Sāmǎlìyà de jūmín , yīn bǎi yà wén de niúdú jīngkǒng , chóngbaì niúdú de mín , hé xǐaì niúdú de jìsī , dōu bì yīn róngyào líkāi tā , wéi tā bēiāi .

6 Niúdú daì dào Yàshù dāng zuò lǐwù , xiàn gĕi yé léi bù wáng . Yǐfǎlián bì méng xiū , Yǐsèliè bì yīn zìjǐ de jì móu cánkuì .

7 Zhìyú Sāmǎlìyà , tāde wáng bì miè mò , rú shuǐ miàn de mò zǐ yíyàng .

8 Bǎi yà wén de qiū tán jiù shì Yǐsèliè qǔ zuì de dìfang , bì beì huǐmiè , jīngjí hé jíli bì zhǎng zaì tāmende jìtán shang , tāmen bì duì dà shān shuō , zhēgaì wǒmen , duì xiǎo shān shuō , dǎo zaì wǒmen shēnshang .

9 Yǐsèliè a , nǐ cóng jī bǐ yà de rìzi yǐlái , shícháng fàn zuì . nǐmen de xiān rén céng zhàn zaì nàli , xiànjīn zhù jī bǐ yà de rén yǐwéi gōngjī zuìniè zhī beì de zhàn shì lín bú dào zìjǐ .