Hosea 10 · Verse 15

Hosea 10:15

So shall Beth–el do unto you because of your great wickedness: in a morning shall the king of Israel utterly be cut off.
Hosea 10:15, King James Version

Hosea 10:15 in other translations

BSBThus 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.
WEBSo Bethel will do to you because of your great wickedness. At daybreak the king of Israel will be destroyed.
ASVSo shall Beth-el do unto you because of your great wickedness: at daybreak shall the king of Israel be utterly cut off.
YLTThus hath Beth-El done to you, Because of the evil of your wickedness, In the dawn cut off utterly is a king of Israel!
DARBYSo shall Bethel do unto you because of the wickedness of your wickedness: at day-break shall the king of Israel utterly be cut off.
BBESo will Beth-el do to you because of your evil-doing; at dawn will the king of Israel be cut off completely.
WebsterSo shall Beth-el do to you because of your great wickedness: in a morning shall the king of Israel be utterly cut off.

What does Hosea 10:15 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
15. So shall Beth-el do unto you--that is, Your idolatrous calf at Beth-el shall be the cause of a like calamity befalling you. your great wickedness--literally, "the wickedness of your wickedness." in a morning--that is, speedily, as quickly as the dawn is put to flight by the rising sun (Ho 6:4; 13:3; Psa 30:5). king--Hoshea.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 15 So shall Beth-el do unto you - This shall be the consequence of your idolatry. In a morning shall the king of Israel utterly be cut off - Suddenly, unexpectedly. Hoshea, the king of Israel, shall be cut off by the Assyrians. There are some allusions to facts in this chapter, which cannot be easily verified, as we have not sufficient acquaintance with the history of those times.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Hosea 10:9-15

Because God does not desire the death and ruin of sinners, therefore in mercy he desires their chastisement. The children of iniquity still remained in Israel. The enemies would be gathered against them. It is just with God to make those know what hardships mean, who indulge themselves in ease and pleasure. Let them cleanse their hearts from all corrupt affections and lusts, and be a broken and contrite spirit. Let…

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Hosea 10:15 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

כָּ֗כָהKa.khahthusH3602
עָשָׂ֤ה'a.Sahsomeone will doH6213
לָכֶם֙la.Khemto you
בֵּֽית\־beit-O Beth-H1008
אֵ֔ל'El-elH1008
מִפְּנֵ֖יmi.pe.Nei<from> because ofH6440
רָעַ֣תra.'At[the] evil ofH7451
רָֽעַתְכֶ֑םra.'at.Khemwickedness yourH7451
בַּשַּׁ֕חַרba.Sha.charat <the> dawnH7837
נִדְמֹ֥הnid.Mohcertainly <to be destroyed>H1820
נִדְמָ֖הnid.Mahhe will be destroyedH1820
מֶ֥לֶךְMe.lekh[the] king ofH4428
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל\׃Yis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Hosea 10:15

  • Hosea 10:5

    The inhabitants of Samaria shall fear because of the calves of Beth–aven: for the people thereof shall mourn over it, and the priests thereof that rejoiced on it, for the glory thereof, because it is departed from it.

  • Amos 7:9-17

    And the high places of Isaac shall be desolate, and the sanctuaries of Israel shall be laid waste; and I will rise against the house of Jeroboam with the sword. Then Amaziah the priest of Beth–el sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, Amos hath conspired against thee in the midst of the house of Israel: the land is not able to bear all his words. For thus Amos saith, Jeroboam shall die by the sword, and Israel shall surely be led away captive out of their own land. Also Amaziah said unto Amos, O thou seer, go, flee thee away into the land of Judah, and there eat bread, and prophesy there: …

  • Romans 7:13

    Was then that which is good made death unto me? God forbid. But sin, that it might appear sin, working death in me by that which is good; that sin by the commandment might become exceeding sinful.

  • Hosea 10:7

    As for Samaria, her king is cut off as the foam upon the water.

  • Hosea 10:3

    For now they shall say, We have no king, because we feared not the Lord; what then should a king do to us?

  • Isaiah 16:14

    But now the Lord hath spoken, saying, Within three years, as the years of an hireling, and the glory of Moab shall be contemned, with all that great multitude; and the remnant shall be very small and feeble.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
shall Beth-el.
5; Am 7:9-17
your great wickedness. Heb. the evil of your evil.
Ro 7:13
in.
3,7; Isa 16:14

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Context

  • Hosea 10:14

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

  • Hosea 10:15

    So shall Beth–el do unto you because of your great wickedness: in a morning shall the king of Israel utterly be cut off.

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Hosea 10:15 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Así hará á vosotros Beth-el por la maldad de vuestra maldad: en la mañana será del todo cortado el rey de Israel.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Béthel vous fera de même, à cause de la méchanceté de votre méchanceté: à l’aube du jour, le roi d’Israël aura entièrement cessé d’être.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Also hat Bethel euch getan um der Bosheit eurer Bosheit willen: mit dem Morgenrot wird Israels König gänzlich vernichtet sein.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Sic fecit vobis Bethel, a facie malitiæ nequitiarum vestrarum.