Hosea 10:6
in Hosea 10Yes, it will be carried to Assyria as tribute to the great king. Ephraim will be seized with shame; Israel will be ashamed of its wooden idols.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
It also shall be carried unto Assyria for a present to king Jareb: Ephraim shall receive shame, and Israel shall be ashamed of his own counsel.
KJV
It shall be also carried unto Assyria for a present to king Jareb: Ephraim shall receive shame, and Israel shall be ashamed of his own counsel.
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This verse in Hosea 10
Commentary
9 notes on this verse"The inhabitants of Samaria have worshipped the cows of Bethaven, because its people have mourned over it; and its priests have rejoiced over it, for its glory has departed from it. Moreover, it has been carried away to Assyria, as a gift to the avenging king. Ephraim will be put to shame by the confusion he caused; Israel will be ashamed of his own will." LXX: "At the calf of the house of Ὦn, those who dwell in Samaria will reside: because his people mourned over him.
This site's exposition
the calves of Beth–aven
on Hosea 10:5-8
The inhabitants of Samaria shall fear because of the calves of Beth-aven, Hosea's contemptuous renaming of Beth-el, the house of God turned into the house of vanity, and the calf itself is carried off to Assyria as tribute, an idol that could not even save its own gold plating. Ephraim shall receive shame names the reversal: the object of confidence becomes the badge of humiliation before the nations. Verse 8 pictures Israel begging the mountains to fall and the hills to cover them, language the Lord Jesus takes up of a later and greater judgment (Luke 23:30, Rev 6:16), the older writers reading Hosea's despair as the pattern later terror will repeat.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers2 voices
And the expression, "They opened their mouth upon me like a roaring lion," designates him who was then king of the Jews, and was called Herod, a successor of the Herod who, when Christ was born, slew all the infants in Bethlehem born about the same time, because he imagined that amongst them He would assuredly be of whom the Magi from Arabia had spoken; for he was ignorant of the will of Him that is stronger than all, how He had commanded Joseph and Mary to take the Child and depart into Egypt, and there to remain until a revelation should again be made to them to return into their own country. And there they did remain until Herod, who slew the infants in Bethlehem, was dead, and Archelaus had succeeded him. And he died before Christ came to the dispensation on the cross which was given Him by His Father. And when Herod succeeded Archelaus, having received the authority which had been allotted to him, Pilate sent to him by way of compliment Jesus bound; and God foreknowing that this would happen, had thus spoken: "And they brought Him to the Assyrian, a present to the king."
The Lord himself comes to a trial with "the elders and rulers of the people," as Isaiah predicted. And then he fulfilled all that had been written of his passion. At that time "the heathen raged, and the people imagined vain things; the kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers gathered themselves together against the Lord and against his Christ." The heathen were Pilate and the Romans; the people were the tribes of Israel; the kings were represented in Herod and the rulers in the chief priests. When, indeed, he was sent to Herod gratuitously by Pilate, the words of Hosea were accomplished, for he had prophesied of Christ, "And they shall carry him bound as a present to the king."
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
God's ark and altars were never thrown down till the people rejected them; but the idolatrous altars were thrown down when the people were doting on them, which shows that the contempt of the former, and the veneration for the latter, were the sins for which God visited them. [3.] It shall be an occasion of fear to them (
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It shall also be carried unto Assyria for a present to King Jareb,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A present to King Jareb - See on Hos 5:13 (note). If this be a proper name, the person intended is not known in history: but it is most likely that Pul, king of Assyria, is intended, to whom Menahem, king of Israel, appears to have given one of the golden calves, to insure his assistance.
2 more voices on this verse
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
It . . . also--The calf, so far from saving its worshippers from deportation, itself shall be carried off; hence "Israel shall be ashamed" of it. Jareb--(See on Ho 5:13). "A present to the king (whom they looked to as) their defender," or else avenger, whose wrath they wished to appease, namely, Shalmaneser.
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
It shall be also carried - (that is, “Itself also shall be carried”). Not Israel only shall be carried into captivity, but its god also. The victory over a nation was accounted of old a victory over its gods, as indeed it showed their impotence. Hence, the excuse made by the captains of Benhadad, that the gods of “Israel were gods of the hills, and not gods of the valleys” 1Ki 20:23, 1Ki 20:28, and God’s vindication of His own Almightiness, which was thus denied. Hence, also the boast of Sennacherib by Rabshakeh, “have any of the gods of the nations delivered at all his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria? Where are the gods of Hamath and of Arpad? where are the gods of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivah? have they delivered Samaria out of mine hand? Who are they among all the gods of the countries, that have delivered their country out of mine hand, that the Lord should deliver Jerusalem out of mine hand?” (2Ki 18:33-35, add, 2Ki 19:10-13; Num 21:29). When God then, for the sin of His people, gave them into the hand of their enemies, He vindicated His own glory, first by avenging any insult offered to His worship, as in the capture of the ark by the Philistines, or Belshazzar’s insolent and drunken abuse of the vessels of the temple; or by vindicating His servants, as in the case of Daniel and the three children, or by chastening pride, as in Nebuchadnezzar, and explaining and pointing His chastisement through His servant Daniel, or by prophecy, as of Cyrus by Isaiah and Daniel. To His own people, His chastisements were the vindication of His glory which they had dishonored, and the close of the long strife between the true prophets and the false. The captivity of the calf ended its worship, and was its final disgrace. […]
The words behind it
13 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| גַּם־ | gam- | also | H1571 → | 769 times |
| אוֹתוֹ֙ | ʾoto | <obj.> it | H853 → | 10935 times |
| לְאַשּׁ֣וּר | leashur | to Assyria | H804 → | 151 times |
| יוּבָ֔ל | yuval | it will be carried | H2986 → | |
| מִנְחָ֖ה | minchah | tribute | H4503 → | |
| לְמֶ֣לֶךְ | lemelekh | to king | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| יָרֵ֑ב | yarev | Jareb | H3377 → | |
| בָּשְׁנָה֙ | bashenah | shame | H1317 → | |
| אֶפְרַ֣יִם | ʾefrayim | Ephraim | H669 → | 180 times |
| יִקָּ֔ח | yikach | it will seize | H3947 → | 966 times |
| וְיֵב֥וֹשׁ | veyevoosh | and it may be ashamed | H954 → | 127 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| מֵעֲצָתֽוֹ׃ | meatzato | from own counsel its | H6098 → |
גַּם־also
gam-H1571 →769 times
אוֹתוֹ֙<obj.> it
ʾotoH853 →10935 times
לְאַשּׁ֣וּרto Assyria
leashurH804 →151 times
יוּבָ֔לit will be carried
yuvalH2986 →
מִנְחָ֖הtribute
minchahH4503 →
לְמֶ֣לֶךְto king
lemelekhH4428 →2525 times
יָרֵ֑בJareb
yarevH3377 →
בָּשְׁנָה֙shame
bashenahH1317 →
אֶפְרַ֣יִםEphraim
ʾefrayimH669 →180 times
יִקָּ֔חit will seize
yikachH3947 →966 times
וְיֵב֥וֹשׁand it may be ashamed
veyevooshH954 →127 times
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לIsrael
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
מֵעֲצָתֽוֹ׃from own counsel its
meatzatoH6098 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Jeremiah 7:24Yet they did not listen or incline their ear, but they followed the stubborn inclinations of their own evil hearts. They went backward and not forward.
it leads to
- Psalms 81:11–12
But My people would not listen to Me, and Israel would not obey Me.
- Jeremiah 7:26
Yet they would not listen to Me or incline their ear, but they stiffened their necks and did more evil than their fathers.
- Deuteronomy 29:19
because when such a person hears the words of this oath, he invokes a blessing on himself, saying, ‘I will have peace, even though I walk in the stubbornness of my own heart.’ This…
- Jeremiah 8:5
Why then have these people turned away? Why does Jerusalem always turn away? They cling to deceit; they refuse to return.
- Psalms 81:11–12
Through
Hosea 5:13When Ephraim saw his sickness and Judah his wound, then Ephraim turned to Assyria and sent to the great king. But he cannot cure you or heal your wound.
it leads to
- Jeremiah 30:12
For this is what the LORD says: “Your injury is incurable; your wound is grievous.
- Hosea 7:11
So Ephraim has become like a silly, senseless dove—calling out to Egypt, then turning to Assyria.
- Hosea 12:1
Ephraim chases the wind and pursues the east wind all day long; he multiplies lies and violence; he makes a covenant with Assyria and sends olive oil to Egypt.
- Jeremiah 30:12
Through
Isaiah 30:3But Pharaoh’s protection will become your shame, and the refuge of Egypt’s shade your disgrace.
it leads to
- Isaiah 20:5
Those who made Cush their hope and Egypt their boast will be dismayed and ashamed.
- Isaiah 20:5
Where this verse is studied
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This page draws on 10 works. Open the list of works
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Edward Bouverie Pusey, The Minor Prophets: A Commentary; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Hosea 10:5-6; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Justin Martyr, Dialogue with Trypho, Chapter CIII; Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Tertullian, AGAINST MARCION 4.42.