Samaria will be carried off with her king like a twig on the surface of the water.
Parallel translations
- WEB Samaria and her king float away, like a twig on the water.
- KJV As for Samaria, her king is cut off as the foam upon the water.
- NKJV As for Samaria, her king is cut off Like a twig on the water.
- NASB Samaria will be destroyed with her king, Like a twig on the surface of the water.
- NLT Samaria and its king will be cut off; they will float away like driftwood on an ocean wave.
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Quick answer
Samaria and her king will be swept away like a twig floating helplessly on the water.
Overview
The northern kingdom's capital and monarchy will be carried off as easily as a chip of wood on a stream, powerless against the flood of judgment. The image conveys the utter helplessness of Israel's vaunted strength before God's purposes. It reminds readers that no earthly power can withstand the LORD, and that true security is found only in Him.
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Cross-references · 8
- Hos 10:3Surely now they will say, “We have no king, for we do not revere the LORD. What can a king do for us?”
- 2 Kgs 1:3But the angel of the LORD said to Elijah the Tishbite, “Go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria and ask them, ‘Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are on your way to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron?’
- Jude 1:13They are wild waves of the sea, foaming up their own shame; wandering stars, for whom blackest darkness has been reserved forever.
- 2 Kgs 15:30Then Hoshea son of Elah led a conspiracy against Pekah son of Remaliah. In the twentieth year of Jotham son of Uzziah, Hoshea attacked Pekah, killed him, and reigned in his place.
- Hos 10:15Thus 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.
- 2 Kgs 17:4But the king of Assyria discovered that Hoshea had conspired to send envoys to King So of Egypt, and that he had not paid tribute to the king of Assyria as in previous years. Therefore the king of Assyria arrested Hoshea and put him in prison.
- 1 Kgs 21:1Some time later, Naboth the Jezreelite happened to own a vineyard in Jezreel next to the palace of Ahab king of Samaria.
- Hos 13:11So in My anger I gave you a king, and in My wrath I took him away.
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