Hosea 13 · Verse 16

Hosea 13:16

Samaria shall become desolate; for she hath rebelled against her God: they shall fall by the sword: their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their women with child shall be ripped up.
Hosea 13:16, King James Version

Hosea 13:16 in other translations

BSBSamaria will bear her guilt because she has rebelled against her God. They will fall by the sword; their little ones will be dashed to pieces, and their pregnant women ripped open.
WEBSamaria will bear her guilt, for she has rebelled against her God. They will fall by the sword. Their infants will be dashed in pieces, and their pregnant women will be ripped open.”
ASVSamaria shall bear her guilt; for she hath rebelled against her God: they shall fall by the sword; their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their women with child shall be ripped up.
YLTBecome desolate doth Samaria, Because she hath rebelled against her God, By sword they do fall, Their sucklings are dashed in pieces, And its pregnant ones are ripped up!
DARBYSamaria shall bear her guilt; for she hath rebelled against her God: they shall fall by the sword; their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their women with child shall be ripped up.
BBESamaria will be made waste, for she has gone against her God: they will be cut down by the sword, their little children will be broken on the rocks, their women who are with child will be cut open.
WebsterSamaria shall become desolate; for she hath rebelled against her God: they shall fall by the sword: their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their women with child shall be ripped up.

What does Hosea 13:16 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
16. This verse and Ho 13:15 foretell the calamities about to befall Israel before her restoration (Ho 13:14), owing to her impenitence. her God--the greatest aggravation of her rebellion, that it was against her God (Ho 13:4). infants ... dashed in pieces, &c.--(2Ki 8:12; 15:16; Am 1:13).

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 16 Samaria shall become desolate - This was the capital of the Israelitish kingdom. What follows is a simple prophetic declaration of the cruelties which should be exercised upon this hapless people by the Assyrians in the sackage of the city.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Hosea 13:9-16

Israel had destroyed himself by his rebellion; but he could not save himself, his help was from the Lord only. This may well be applied to the case of spiritual redemption, from that lost state into which all have fallen by wilful sins. God often gives in displeasure what we sinfully desire. It is the happiness of the saints, that, whether God gives or takes away, all is in love. But it is the misery of the wicked…

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Hosea 13:16 in the original Hebrew

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תֶּאְשַׁם֙te'.Shamit will be held guiltyH816
שֹֽׁמְר֔וֹןsho.me.RonSamariaH8111
כִּ֥יkiforH3588
מָרְתָ֖הma.re.Tahit has rebelledH4784
בֵּֽאלֹהֶ֑יהָbe.lo.Hei.haagainst God itsH430
בַּחֶ֣רֶבba.Che.revby the swordH2719
יִפֹּ֔לוּyi.Po.luthey will fallH5307
עֹלְלֵיהֶ֣ם'o.le.lei.Hemchildren theirH5768
יְרֻטָּ֔שׁוּye.ru.Ta.shuthey will be dashed in piecesH7376
וְהָרִיּוֹתָ֖יוve.ha.ri.yo.Tavand pregnant [women] itsH2030
יְבֻקָּֽעוּ\׃\ \פye.vu.Ka.'uthey will be ripped openH1234

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Cross references for Hosea 13:16

  • 2 Kings 15:16

    Then Menahem smote Tiphsah, and all that were therein, and the coasts thereof from Tirzah: because they opened not to him, therefore he smote it; and all the women therein that were with child he ripped up.

  • 2 Kings 8:12

    And Hazael said, Why weepeth my lord? And he answered, Because I know the evil that thou wilt do unto the children of Israel: their strong holds wilt thou set on fire, and their young men wilt thou slay with the sword, and wilt dash their children, and rip up their women with child.

  • Isaiah 13:16

    Their children also shall be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be spoiled, and their wives ravished.

  • Psalms 137:8-9

    O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us. Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones.

  • Amos 1:13

    Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of the children of Ammon, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have ripped up the women with child of Gilead, that they might enlarge their border:

  • Nahum 3:10

    Yet was she carried away, she went into captivity: her young children also were dashed in pieces at the top of all the streets: and they cast lots for her honourable men, and all her great men were bound in chains.

  • Hosea 7:14

    And they have not cried unto me with their heart, when they howled upon their beds: they assemble themselves for corn and wine, and they rebel against me.

  • Isaiah 17:3

    The fortress also shall cease from Ephraim, and the kingdom from Damascus, and the remnant of Syria: they shall be as the glory of the children of Israel, saith the Lord of hosts.

  • Isaiah 7:8-9

    For the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin; and within threescore and five years shall Ephraim be broken, that it be not a people. And the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is Remaliah’s son. If ye will not believe, surely ye shall not be established.

  • Amos 6:1-8

    Woe to them that are at ease in Zion, and trust in the mountain of Samaria, which are named chief of the nations, to whom the house of Israel came! Pass ye unto Calneh, and see; and from thence go ye to Hamath the great: then go down to Gath of the Philistines: be they better than these kingdoms? or their border greater than your border? Ye that put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near; That lie upon beds of ivory, and stretch themselves upon their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the midst of the stall; …

  • Hosea 10:14-15

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

  • 2 Kings 17:6

    In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away into Assyria, and placed them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Samaria. Fulfilled.
2Ki 17:6,18; 19:9-11; Isa 7:8,9; 8:4; 17:3; Am 3:9-15; 4:1; 6:1-8; 9:1
Mic 1:4; 6:16
their infants.
10:14,15; 2Ki 8:12; 15:16; Ps 137:8,9; Isa 13:16; Am 1:13; Na 3:10

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Context

  • Hosea 13:15

    Though he be fruitful among his brethren, an east wind shall come, the wind of the Lord shall come up from the wilderness, and his spring shall become dry, and his fountain shall be dried up: he shall spoil the treasure of all pleasant vessels.

  • Hosea 13:16

    Samaria shall become desolate; for she hath rebelled against her God: they shall fall by the sword: their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their women with child shall be ripped up.

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Hosea 13:16 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Samaria será asolada, porque se rebeló contra su Dios: caerán á cuchillo: sus niños serán estrellados, y sus preñadas serán abiertas.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Samaria wird büßen, denn es ist widerspenstig gewesen gegen seinen Gott; sie werden durchs Schwert fallen, ihre Kinder werden zerschmettert und ihre Schwangeren aufgeschlitzt werden.