The Meaning of Hosea 10:15 Explained

Hosea 10:15

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

YLT: Thus hath Beth-El done to you, Because of the evil of your wickedness, In the dawn cut off utterly is a king of Israel!

Darby: So shall Bethel do unto you because of the wickedness of your wickedness: at day-break shall the king of Israel utterly be cut off.

ASV: So shall Beth-el do unto you because of your great wickedness: at daybreak shall the king of Israel be utterly cut off.

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Hosea 10:15?

MEANING: What does Hosea 10:15 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Hosea 10:15 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Hosea 10:15?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does Hosea 10:15 Mean?

Verse Meaning

The Israelites would suffer a similar slaughter at Bethel because of their great wickedness. "Bethel" here may refer to the town or to the whole nation of Israel (by metonymy, cf. Hosea 10:7).
"Since her destruction would occur "when that day dawns" (meaning the very beginning of the day of battle), it is noteworthy that Israel"s final king, Hoshea, was taken captive by the Assyrian conqueror Shalmaneser V before the actual siege of Samaria began." [1]

Context Summary

Hosea 10:1-15 - "break Up Your Fallow Ground"
Israel brought forth fruit, but not such as God could delight in. It was corrupt and evil. How great a disappointment to the Great Cultivator! The land was covered with obelisks and altars, the symbols of idolatry, and the Canaanites themselves had not been more shameless in sin. But notice the terrible judgments that must befall. There would be revolution, for when men say, We fear not the Lord, they will go on to say, We fear not the king. Beth-aven, the "house of vanity," would replace Beth-el, the "house of God." The golden calves would be carried off by the conqueror. The king would perish as foam upon the water. The yoke of conquest would be placed on Ephraim's fair neck. The fortresses of Israel would be carried by assault, with all the accompaniments of savage warfare. Is it not "an evil thing and bitter" to forsake the Lord!
Is it not time that we should look into our hearts and lives, break up the fallow ground, now covered with thorns and thistles, and begin to sow in righteousness? Let us ask God to drive the plowshares of deep soul-searching and conviction across the hard and sterile acres of our hearts, and sow them with His good seed. [source]

Chapter Summary: Hosea 10

1  Israel is reproved and threatened for their impiety and idolatry,
12  and exhorted to repentance

What do the individual words in Hosea 10:15 mean?

Thus it shall be done to you in Bethel because of wickedness your great at dawn utterly shall be cut off the king of Israel
כָּ֗כָה עָשָׂ֤ה לָכֶם֙ בֵּֽית־ אֵ֔ל מִפְּנֵ֖י רָעַ֣ת רָֽעַתְכֶ֑ם בַּשַּׁ֕חַר נִדְמֹ֥ה נִדְמָ֖ה מֶ֥לֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵֽל

כָּ֗כָה  Thus 
Parse: Adverb
Root: כָּכָה  
Sense: like this, thus.
עָשָׂ֤ה  it  shall  be  done 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: עָשָׂה 
Sense: to do, fashion, accomplish, make.
לָכֶם֙  to  you 
Parse: Preposition, second person masculine plural
אֵ֔ל  Bethel 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: בֵּית־אֵל  
Sense: ancient place and seat of worship in Ephraim on border of Benjamin, identified with Luz (former name).
מִפְּנֵ֖י  because 
Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, common plural construct
Root: לִפְנֵי 
Sense: face.
רָעַ֣ת  of  wickedness 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: רַע 
Sense: bad, evil.
רָֽעַתְכֶ֑ם  your  great 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, second person masculine plural
Root: רַע 
Sense: bad, evil.
בַּשַּׁ֕חַר  at  dawn 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: שַׁחַר  
Sense: dawn.
נִדְמֹ֥ה  utterly 
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Infinitive absolute
Root: דָּמָה 
Sense: to cease, cause to cease, cut off, destroy, perish.
נִדְמָ֖ה  shall  be  cut  off 
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: דָּמָה 
Sense: to cease, cause to cease, cut off, destroy, perish.
מֶ֥לֶךְ  the  king 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: מֶלֶךְ 
Sense: king.
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל  of  Israel 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יִשְׂרָאֵל  
Sense: the second name for Jacob given to him by God after his wrestling with the angel at Peniel.

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