Osea 10:7

7 Quanto a Samaria, il suo re sarà annientato, come schiuma sull’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 trepideranno per le vitelle di Beth-aven; sì, il popolo farà cordoglio per l’idolo, e i suoi sacerdoti tremeranno per esso, per la sua gloria, perch’ella si dipartirà da lui.

6 E l’idolo stesso sarà portato in Assiria, come un dono al re difensore; la vergogna s’impadronirà d’Efraim, e Israele sarà coperto d’onta per i suoi disegni.

7 Quanto a Samaria, il suo re sarà annientato, come schiuma sull’acqua.

8 Gli alti luoghi di Aven, peccato d’Israele, saran pure distrutti. Le spine e i rovi cresceranno sui loro altari; ed essi diranno ai monti: "Copriteci!" e ai colli: "Cadeteci addosso!"

9 Fin dai giorni Ghibea tu hai peccato, o Israele! Quivi essi resistettero, perché la guerra, mossa ai figliuoli d’iniquità, non li colpisse in Ghibea.