Hosea 10:7 (KJV)

Passage

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

Nearby Context

Hosea 10:5 The inhabitants of Samaria shall fear because of the calves of Bethaven: 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.

Hosea 10:8 The high places also of Aven, the sin of Israel, shall be destroyed: the thorn and the thistle shall come up on their altars; and they shall say to the mountains, Cover us; and to the hills, Fall on us.

Hosea 10:9 O Israel, thou hast sinned from the days of Gibeah: there they stood: the battle in Gibeah against the children of iniquity did not overtake them.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "samaria", "king", "foam", "upon", and "water". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "samaria" and "king", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 6's "It shall be also carried unto Assyria..." into verse 8's "The high places also of Aven the...", so "samaria" and "king" belong inside that flow. In Hosea context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "samaria" and "king" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.