Hos 14:1 | CPDV | STEP | Let Samaria perish, because she has urged her God towards bitterness. Let them perish by the sword, let their little ones be thrown down, and let their pregnant women be cut in two.

‏ Hosea 14:1

Samaria shall be destroyed. An exhortation to repentance: God’s favour through Christ to the penitent.

1 Let Samaria perish, because she has urged her God towards bitterness. Let them perish by the sword, let their little ones be thrown down, and let their pregnant women be cut in two. ^{▼▼14:1 Perish, because she has stirred up her God to bitterness: It is not a curse or imprecation, but a prophecy of what should come to pass.(Challoner)}