Oseas 10:6

6 Este ídolo será llevado a Asiria,
un regalo para el gran rey.
Se burlarán de Efraín e Israel será avergonzado
porque confiaron en ese ídolo.

Oseas 10:6 Meaning and Commentary

Hosea 10:6

It shall also be carried unto Assyria [for] a present to King
Jareb
Or, "he himself" ^F26; not the people of Samaria, or of Bethaven, or of the calf, but the calf itself; which, being all of gold, was sent a present to the king of Assyria, here called Jareb; either Assyria, or the king of it; (See Gill on Hosea 5:13); this was done either by the people of Israel themselves, to appease the king of Assyria; or rather by the Assyrian army, who reserved the plunder of this as a proper present to their king and conqueror, to whom not only nations, but the gods of nations, were subject: Ephraim shall receive shame;
for worshipping such an idol, when they shall see it broke to pieces, and the gold of it made a present to the Assyrian king, and that it could not save them, nor itself: and Israel shall be ashamed of his own counsel;
of giving in to such idolatry, contrary to the counsel, mind, and will of God; or of the counsel which they and Jeroboam took to set up the calves at Dan and Bethel, and thereby to keep the people from going up to Jerusalem, ( 1 Kings 12:28 ) ; as well as of their counsel and covenant with the king of Egypt against the king of Assyria, ( 2 Kings 17:4 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F26 (wtwa Mg) "etiam ipsemet", Pagninus, Montanus; "etiam ipse", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator; "etiam ille", Cocceius; "etiam ille ipse", Schmidt.

Oseas 10:6 In-Context

4 La gente habla palabras vacías
y hace pactos que no tiene intención de cumplir.
Así que la injusticia brota en medio de ellos
como hierbas venenosas en el campo de un agricultor.

5 La gente de Samaria tiembla de miedo
por lo que pudiera ocurrirle a su ídolo, el becerro en Bet-avén.
El pueblo está de luto y los sacerdotes se lamentan
porque la gloria del ídolo será quitada.

6 Este ídolo será llevado a Asiria,
un regalo para el gran rey.
Se burlarán de Efraín e Israel será avergonzado
porque confiaron en ese ídolo.

7 Samaria y su rey serán arrancados;
flotarán a la deriva como un madero sobre las olas del mar.

8 Y los santuarios paganos de Avén,
donde Israel pecaba, se derrumbarán.
Alrededor de sus altares crecerán espinos y cardos.
Suplicarán a los montes: «¡Entiérrennos!»
y rogarán a las colinas: «¡Caigan sobre nosotros!».