7 Samaria's king will be destroyed, swept away like a twig on the surface of the waters.
7 Samaria's king shall perish like a twig on the face of the waters.
7 Samaria is history. Its king is a dead branch floating down the river.
7 As for Samaria, her king is cut off Like a twig on the water.
7 Samaria and its king will be cut off; they will float away like driftwood on an ocean wave.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Hosea 10:7
Commentary on Hosea 10:1-8
(Read Hosea 10:1-8)
A vine is only valuable for its fruit; but Israel now brought no fruit to perfection. Their hearts were divided. God is the Sovereign of the heart; he will have all, or none. Were the stream of the heart wholly after God, it would run strongly, and bear down all before it. Their pretences to covenant with God were false. Even the proceeding of justice was as poisonous hemlock. Alas, how empty a vine is the visible church even at this day! But all earthly prosperity is but a collection of bubbles, soon destroyed like foam upon the water. Sinners will in vain seek shelter from that Judge, whom they now despise as a Saviour.