Hosea 10 · Verse 6

Hosea 10:6

It shall be also carried unto Assyria for a present to king Jareb: Ephraim shall receive shame, and Israel shall be ashamed of his own counsel.
Hosea 10:6, King James Version

Hosea 10:6 in other translations

BSBYes, it will be carried to Assyria as tribute to the great king. Ephraim will be seized with shame; Israel will be ashamed of its wooden idols.
WEBIt also will be carried to Assyria for a present to a great king. Ephraim will receive shame, and Israel will be ashamed of his own counsel.
ASVIt also shall be carried unto Assyria for a present to king Jareb: Ephraim shall receive shame, and Israel shall be ashamed of his own counsel.
YLTAlso it to Asshur is carried, a present to a warlike king, Shame doth Ephraim receive, And ashamed is Israel of its own counsel.
DARBYYea, it shall be carried unto Assyria as a present for king Jareb: Ephraim shall be seized with shame, and Israel shall be ashamed of his own counsel.
BBEAnd they will take it to Assyria and give it to the great king; shame will come on Ephraim, and Israel will be shamed because of its image.
WebsterIt shall also be carried to Assyria, for a present to king Jareb: Ephraim shall receive shame, and Israel shall be ashamed of his own counsel.

What does Hosea 10:6 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
6. It ... also--The calf, so far from saving its worshippers from deportation, itself shall be carried off; hence "Israel shall be ashamed" of it. Jareb--(See on Ho 5:13). "A present to the king (whom they looked to as) their defender," or else avenger, whose wrath they wished to appease, namely, Shalmaneser. The minor states applied this title to the Great King, as the avenging Protector. his own counsel--the calves, which Jeroboam set up as a stroke of policy to detach Israel from Judah. Their severance from Judah and Jehovah proved now to be not politic, but fatal to them.

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 6 A present to King Jareb - See on Hos 5:13 (note). If this be a proper name, the person intended is not known in history: but it is most likely that Pul, king of Assyria, is intended, to whom Menahem, king of Israel, appears to have given one of the golden calves, to insure his assistance.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Hosea 10:1-8

The idolatry of Israel. (Hos. 10:1-8) They are exhorted to repentance. (Hos. 10:9-15) Verses 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…

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Hosea 10:6 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.

גַּם\־gam-alsoH1571
אוֹתוֹ֙'o.To<obj.> itH853
לְאַשּׁ֣וּרle.'a.Shurto AssyriaH804
יוּבָ֔לyu.Valit will be carriedH2986
מִנְחָ֖הmin.ChahtributeH4503
לְמֶ֣לֶךְle.Me.lekhto kingH4428
יָרֵ֑בya.RevJarebH3377
בָּשְׁנָה֙ba.she.NahshameH1317
אֶפְרַ֣יִם'ef.Ra.yimEphraimH669
יִקָּ֔חyi.Kachit will seizeH3947
וְיֵב֥וֹשׁve.ye.Vo.oshand it may be ashamedH954
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
מֵעֲצָתֽוֹ\׃me.'a.tza.Tofrom own counsel itsH6098

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Cross references for Hosea 10:6

  • Isaiah 30:3

    Therefore shall the strength of Pharaoh be your shame, and the trust in the shadow of Egypt your confusion.

  • Hosea 5:13

    When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah saw his wound, then went Ephraim to the Assyrian, and sent to king Jareb: yet could he not heal you, nor cure you of your wound.

  • Jeremiah 7:24

    But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but walked in the counsels and in the imagination of their evil heart, and went backward, and not forward.

  • Daniel 11:8

    And shall also carry captives into Egypt their gods, with their princes, and with their precious vessels of silver and of gold; and he shall continue more years than the king of the north.

  • Isaiah 46:1-2

    Bel boweth down, Nebo stoopeth, their idols were upon the beasts, and upon the cattle: your carriages were heavy loaden; they are a burden to the weary beast. They stoop, they bow down together; they could not deliver the burden, but themselves are gone into captivity.

  • Jeremiah 3:24-25

    For shame hath devoured the labour of our fathers from our youth; their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters. We lie down in our shame, and our confusion covereth us: for we have sinned against the Lord our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even unto this day, and have not obeyed the voice of the Lord our God.

  • Jeremiah 2:26-27

    As the thief is ashamed when he is found, so is the house of Israel ashamed; they, their kings, their princes, and their priests, and their prophets, Saying to a stock, Thou art my father; and to a stone, Thou hast brought me forth: for they have turned their back unto me, and not their face: but in the time of their trouble they will say, Arise, and save us.

  • Hosea 8:6

    For from Israel was it also: the workman made it; therefore it is not God: but the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces.

  • Isaiah 44:9-11

    They that make a graven image are all of them vanity; and their delectable things shall not profit; and they are their own witnesses; they see not, nor know; that they may be ashamed. Who hath formed a god, or molten a graven image that is profitable for nothing? Behold, all his fellows shall be ashamed: and the workmen, they are of men: let them all be gathered together, let them stand up; yet they shall fear, and they shall be ashamed together.

  • Ezekiel 36:31

    Then shall ye remember your own evil ways, and your doings that were not good, and shall lothe yourselves in your own sight for your iniquities and for your abominations.

  • Isaiah 1:29

    For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which ye have desired, and ye shall be confounded for the gardens that ye have chosen.

  • Job 18:7

    The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
carried.
8:6; Isa 46:1,2; Jer 43:12,13; Da 11:8
a present.
5:13; 2Ki 17:3
receive.
4:19; Isa 1:29; 44:9-11; 45:16; Jer 2:26,27,36,37; 3:24,25; 48:13
Eze 36:31
ashamed.
11:6; Job 18:7; Isa 30:3; Jer 7:24; Mic 6:16

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Context

  • 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.

  • Hosea 10:6

    It shall be also carried unto Assyria for a present to king Jareb: Ephraim shall receive shame, and Israel shall be ashamed of his own counsel.

  • Hosea 10:7

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

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Hosea 10:6 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y aun será él llevado á Asiria en presente al rey Jareb: Ephraim será avergonzado, é Israel será confuso de su consejo.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
on le porte à l’Assyrie, comme présent au roi Jareb. Éphraïm est saisi de honte, et Israël aura honte de son conseil.
German
Elberfelder 1871
auch dieses wird nach Assyrien gebracht werden als Geschenk für den König Jareb Scham wird Ephraim ergreifen, und Israel wird zu Schanden werden wegen seines Ratschlags.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Siquidem et ipse in Assur delatus est, munus regi ultori. Confusio Ephraim capiet, et confundetur Israël in voluntate sua.