Hosea 10:14

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Therefore shall a tumult arise among thy people, and all thy fortresses shall be spoiled, as Shalman spoiled Betharbel in the day of battle: the mother was dashed in pieces upon her children.

Shall a

Amos 9:5

And all

Habakkuk 1:10

As

2 Kings 18:33

2 Kings 19:11

The mother

Nahum 3:10

General references

Isaiah 17:9

Bible References

Shall a

Samaria will be held guilty, because she rebelled against her God. They will fall by the sword, their infants will be dashed to the ground -- their pregnant women will be ripped open.

Here is a message about the Valley of Vision: What is the reason that all of you go up to the rooftops?

Sinners are afraid in Zion; panic grips the godless. They say, 'Who among us can coexist with destructive fire? Who among us can coexist with unquenchable fire?'

A lion has roared! Who is not afraid? The sovereign Lord has spoken! Who can refuse to prophesy?

The sovereign Lord who commands armies will do this. He touches the earth and it dissolves; all who live on it mourn. The whole earth rises like the River Nile, and then grows calm like the Nile in Egypt.

And all

They abandoned all the commandments of the Lord their God; they made two metal calves and an Asherah pole, bowed down to all the stars in the sky, and worshiped Baal.

In the fourth year of King Hezekiah's reign (it was the seventh year of the reign of Israel's King Hoshea, son of Elah), King Shalmaneser of Assyria marched up against Samaria and besieged it.

Her towns will be captured. Her fortresses will be taken. At that time the soldiers of Moab will be frightened like a woman in labor.

All your fortifications will be like fig trees with first-ripe fruit: If they are shaken, their figs will fall into the mouth of the eater!

They mock kings and laugh at rulers. They laugh at every fortified city; they build siege ramps and capture them.

As

Have any of the gods of the nations actually rescued his land from the power of the king of Assyria?

Certainly you have heard how the kings of Assyria have annihilated all lands. Do you really think you will be rescued?

The mother

Samaria will be held guilty, because she rebelled against her God. They will fall by the sword, their infants will be dashed to the ground -- their pregnant women will be ripped open.

Rescue me, I pray, from the hand of my brother Esau, for I am afraid he will come and attack me, as well as the mothers with their children.

Their children will be smashed to pieces before their very eyes; their houses will be looted and their wives raped.

And I will smash them like wine bottles against one another, children and parents alike. I will not show any pity, mercy, or compassion. Nothing will keep me from destroying them,' says the Lord."

Yet she went into captivity as an exile; even her infants were smashed to pieces at the head of every street. They cast lots for her nobility; all her dignitaries were bound with chains.

General references

At that time their fortified cities will be like the abandoned summits of the Amorites, which they abandoned because of the Israelites; there will be desolation.