Verse 7
"As for Samaria, her king is cut off, as foam upon the water."
Some scholars insist that the comparison here is "as a splinter or as a chip on the waters"; but it actually makes no difference, for all these similes convey the idea dramatically. The comparison of Assyria to the great river Euphrates at flood stage was used by Isaiah very effectively:
"Therefore, behold the Lord bringeth upon them the waters of the River, strong and mighty, even the king of Assyria and all his glory: and it shall come up over all its channels, and go over its banks; and it shall sweep onward into Judah; it shall overflow and pass through; it shall reach even to the neck; and the stretching out of its wings shall fill the breadth of thy land, O Immanuel" (Hosea 8:7-8).
Significantly, Israel would not be the only one to suffer; the judgment was also impending for Judah likewise.
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