Oseas 10:7

7 Samaria y su rey serán arrancados;
flotarán a la deriva como un madero sobre las olas del mar.

Oseas 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.

Oseas 10:7 In-Context

5 La gente de Samaria tiembla de miedo
por lo que pudiera ocurrirle a su ídolo, el becerro en Bet-avén.
El pueblo está de luto y los sacerdotes se lamentan
porque la gloria del ídolo será quitada.

6 Este ídolo será llevado a Asiria,
un regalo para el gran rey.
Se burlarán de Efraín e Israel será avergonzado
porque confiaron en ese ídolo.

7 Samaria y su rey serán arrancados;
flotarán a la deriva como un madero sobre las olas del mar.

8 Y los santuarios paganos de Avén,
donde Israel pecaba, se derrumbarán.
Alrededor de sus altares crecerán espinos y cardos.
Suplicarán a los montes: «¡Entiérrennos!»
y rogarán a las colinas: «¡Caigan sobre nosotros!».

9 Dice el Señor
: «¡Oh Israel, desde los tiempos de Guibeá,
hay tan solo pecado y más pecado!
No has mejorado en absoluto.
¿Acaso no fue justo que los hombres perversos de Guibeá fueran atacados?