Hosea 9:12

Judgment

¹⁰ I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness; I saw your fathers as the firstripe in the fig tree at her first time: but they went to Baal-peor, and separated themselves unto that shame; and their abominations were according as they loved.

¹¹ As for Ephraim, their glory shall fly away like a bird, from the birth, and from the womb, and from the conception.

Though they bring up their children, yet will I bereave them, that there shall not be a man left: yea, woe also to them when I depart from them!

¹³ Ephraim, as I saw Tyrus, is planted in a pleasant place: but Ephraim shall bring forth his children to the murderer.

¹⁴ Give them, O LORD: what wilt thou give? give them a miscarrying womb and dry breasts.

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: Even if they raise their children, I will bereave them of each one. Yes, woe be to them when I turn away from them!
KJV: Though they bring up their children, yet will I bereave them, that there shall not be a man left: yea, woe also to them when I depart from them!
WEB: Though they bring up their children, yet I will bereave them, so that not a man shall be left. Indeed, woe also to them when I depart from them!
ASV: Though they bring up their children, yet will I bereave them, so that not a man shall be left: yea, woe also to them when I depart from them!
DARBY: For even should they bring up their children, yet will I bereave them, [that] not a man [remain]: for woe also to them when I shall have departed from them!
BLB: Even if they bring up their sons, I will bereave them of each man. Yes indeed, woe to them, at My turning away from them!

ÅB: Ja, selv om de oppfør sine barn, vil jeg gjøre dem barnløse, så intet menneske blir tilbake; for ve dem når jeg forlater dem!
OTB: Selv om de oppdrar sine barn,
Skal jeg likevel berøve dem inntil ikke én er igjen.
Ve dem virkelig når jeg forlater dem!
B1930: Ja, selv om de opfør sine barn, vil jeg gjøre dem barnløse, så intet menneske blir tilbake; for ve dem når jeg forlater dem!

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Hosea 7:13
Woe unto them! for they have fled from me: destruction unto them! because they have transgressed against me: though I have redeemed them, yet they have spoken lies against me.
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Hosea 9:16
Ephraim is smitten, their root is dried up, they shall bear no fruit: yea, though they bring forth, yet will I slay even the beloved fruit of their womb.
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Deuteronomy 31:17
Then my anger shall be kindled against them in that day, and I will forsake them, and I will hide my face from them, and they shall be devoured, and many evils and troubles shall befall them; so that they will say in that day, Are not these evils come upon us, because our God is not among us?
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Deuteronomy 32:25
The sword without, and terror within, shall destroy both the young man and the virgin, the suckling also with the man of gray hairs.
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Jeremiah 15:7
And I will fan them with a fan in the gates of the land; I will bereave them of children, I will destroy my people, since they return not from their ways.
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Job 27:14
If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword: and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.
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Hosea 9:5–6
What will ye do in the solemn day, and in the day of the feast of the LORD?
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1 Samuel 28:15–16
And Samuel said to Saul, Why hast thou disquieted me, to bring me up? And Saul answered, I am sore distressed; for the Philistines make war against me, and God is departed from me, and answereth me no more, neither by prophets, nor by dreams: therefore I have called thee, that thou mayest make known unto me what I shall do.
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