Hosea 10:15
in Hosea 10Thus it will be done to you, O Bethel, because of your great wickedness. When the day dawns, the king of Israel will be utterly cut off.
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ASV
So shall Beth-el do unto you because of your great wickedness: at daybreak shall the king of Israel be utterly cut off.
KJV
So shall Beth–el do unto you because of your great wickedness: in a morning shall the king of Israel utterly be cut off.
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This verse in Hosea 10
Commentary
11 notes on this verse"Because you trusted in your ways: tumult shall arise among your people because of the multitude of your strong ones, and all your fortifications shall be laid waste. Just as Salman was devastated in his own house, he who was judging Baal on the day of the battle, when a mother was dashed upon her children, so has Bethel done to you because of the malice of your wickedness."
This site's exposition
as Shalman devastated Beth-arbel
on Hosea 10:14-15
The fortresses will fall "as Shalman devastated Beth-arbel in the day of battle". "Thus it will be done to you, O Bethel" closes the chapter at the shrine where it opened. The fall is swift: "When the day dawns, the king of Israel will be utterly cut off."
This site's exposition
because of your great wickedness
Barnes noted that the prophet names Bethel as the one who does this, to show that Israel's own sin brought the ruin. Literally it reads the wickedness of your wickedness. Matthew Henry named Hoshea, the last king of Israel, or one of his predecessors cut off by treachery.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening5 voices
He does not say, "So shall the king of Assyria do to you;" but, "So shall Bethel do to you." Note, Whatever mischief is done to us it is sin that does it. Are the fortresses spoiled?
Hoshea was the last king of Israel; in him the whole kingdom was cut off and came to a period; it may refer either to him or to some of his predecessors that were cut off by treachery.
8 The high places also of Aven, the sin of Israel, shall be destroyed: the thorn and the thistle shall come up on their altars; and they shall say to the mountains, Cover us; and to the hills, Fall on us. What the sins are which are here laid to Israel's charge, the national sins which bring down national judgment.
quarantine:scripture (2026-07-29) — verbatim-run:40w-of-60
So shall Bethel do unto you, because of your great wickedness,....
It is strange that any of the human race could be so inhuman; but see what comes of sin. Homo homini lupus--Man is a wolf to man, and then, Homo homini agnus--Man is a lamb to man. Even royal blood shall be mingled with common gore: In a morning shall the king of Israel utterly be cut off,
3 more voices on this verse
The Nineteenth Century3 voices
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
So shall Bethel do unto you - God was the judge, who condemned them so to suffer from the enemy. The Assyrian was the instrument of the wrath of God. But, in order to point out the moral government of God, the prophet says, neither that God did it, nor that the Assyrian did it, but Bethel, once “the house of God,” now the place where they dishonored God, “because of your great wickedness,” literally, “the wickedness of your wickedness.” In their wickedness itself, there was an essence of wickedness, malice within malice.
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
So shall Beth-el do unto you--that is, Your idolatrous calf at Beth-el shall be the cause of a like calamity befalling you. your great wickedness--literally, "the wickedness of your wickedness." in a morning--that is, speedily, as quickly as the dawn is put to flight by the rising sun (Ho 6:4;
quarantine:debris (2026-07-29) — unbalanced-parens
So shall Beth-el do unto you - This shall be the consequence of your idolatry. In a morning shall the king of Israel utterly be cut off - Suddenly, unexpectedly. Hoshea, the king of Israel, shall be cut off by the Assyrians. There are some allusions to facts in this chapter, which cannot be easily verified, as we have not sufficient acquaintance with the history of those times.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
And a tumult shall rise in your peoples i.e., a voice shouting, “Flee! Flee!”
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 3 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| כָּ֗כָה | kakhah | thus | H3602 → | |
| עָשָׂ֤ה | ʾasah | someone will do | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| לָכֶם֙ | lakhem | to you | ||
| בֵּֽית־ | beit- | O Beth- | H1008 → | 142 times |
| אֵ֔ל | ʾel | -el | H1008 → | 142 times |
| מִפְּנֵ֖י | mipenei | <from> because of | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| רָעַ֣ת | raat | [the] evil of | H7451 → | 662 times |
| רָֽעַתְכֶ֑ם | raatkhem | wickedness your | H7451 → | 662 times |
| בַּשַּׁ֕חַר | bashachar | at <the> dawn | H7837 → | |
| נִדְמֹ֥ה | nidmoh | certainly <to be destroyed> | H1820 → | 15 times |
| נִדְמָ֖ה | nidmah | he will be destroyed | H1820 → | 15 times |
| מֶ֥לֶךְ | melekh | [the] king of | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
כָּ֗כָהthus
kakhahH3602 →
עָשָׂ֤הsomeone will do
ʾasahH6213 →2628 times
לָכֶם֙to you
lakhem
בֵּֽית־O Beth-
beit-H1008 →142 times
אֵ֔ל-el
ʾelH1008 →142 times
מִפְּנֵ֖י<from> because of
mipeneiH6440 →2123 times
רָעַ֣ת[the] evil of
raatH7451 →662 times
רָֽעַתְכֶ֑םwickedness your
raatkhemH7451 →662 times
בַּשַּׁ֕חַרat <the> dawn
bashacharH7837 →
נִדְמֹ֥הcertainly <to be destroyed>
nidmohH1820 →15 times
נִדְמָ֖הhe will be destroyed
nidmahH1820 →15 times
מֶ֥לֶךְ[the] king of
melekhH4428 →2525 times
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Israel
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
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
Romans 7:13Did that which is good, then, become death to me? Certainly not! But in order that sin might be exposed as sin, it produced death in me through what was good, so that through…
it leads to
- James 1:13–15
When tempted, no one should say, “God is tempting me.” For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does He tempt anyone.
- Galatians 3:21
Is the law, then, opposed to the promises of God? Certainly not! For if a law had been given that could impart life, then righteousness would certainly have come from the law.
- Romans 8:3
For what the law was powerless to do in that it was weakened by the flesh, God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful man, as an offering for sin.…
- James 1:13–15
Through
Hosea 10:5The people of Samaria will fear for the calf of Beth-aven. Indeed, its people will mourn with its idolatrous priests— those who rejoiced in its glory— for it has been taken from them into…
it leads to
- Hosea 9:11
Ephraim’s glory will fly away like a bird, with no birth, no pregnancy, and no conception.
- Hosea 5:8
Blow the ram’s horn in Gibeah, the trumpet in Ramah; raise the battle cry in Beth-aven: Lead on, O Benjamin!
- 2 Kings 23:5
Josiah also did away with the idolatrous priests ordained by the kings of Judah to burn incense on the high places of the cities of Judah and in the places all around Jerusalem—those who…
- Hosea 4:15
Though you prostitute yourself, O Israel, may Judah avoid such guilt! Do not journey to Gilgal, do not go up to Beth-aven, and do not swear on oath, ‘As surely as the LORD lives!’
- Hosea 8:5–6
He has rejected your calf, O Samaria. My anger burns against them. How long will they be incapable of innocence?
- Hosea 9:11
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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 10:14-15; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.