Samaria will be destroyed 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.
- BSB Samaria will be carried off with her king like a twig on the surface of the water.
- NKJV As for Samaria, her king is cut off Like a twig on 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.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 8
- Hos 10:3Surely now they will say, “We have no king; for we don’t fear Yahweh; and the king, what can he do for us?”
- 2 Kgs 1:3But Yahweh’s angel said to Elijah the Tishbite, “Arise, go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria, and tell them, ‘Is it because there is no God in Israel, that you go to inquire of Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron?
- Jude 1:13wild waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, for whom the blackness of darkness has been reserved forever.
- 2 Kgs 15:30Hoshea the son of Elah made a conspiracy against Pekah the son of Remaliah, attacked him, killed him, and reigned in his place, in the twentieth year of Jotham the son of Uzziah.
- Hos 10:15So Bethel will do to you because of your great wickedness. At daybreak the king of Israel will be destroyed.
- 2 Kgs 17:4The king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea; for he had sent messengers to So king of Egypt, and offered no tribute to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year. Therefore the king of Assyria seized him, and bound him in prison.
- 1 Kgs 21:1After these things, Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard, which was in Jezreel, next to the palace of Ahab king of Samaria.
- Hos 13:11I have given you a king in my anger, and have taken him away in my wrath.
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