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Hosea 9:14

Judgment

12 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.

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

15 All their wickedness is in Gilgal: for there I hated them: for the wickedness of their doings I will drive them out of mine house, I will love them no more: all their princes are revolters.

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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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.

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BSB
Give them, O LORD— what will You give? Give them wombs that miscarry and breasts that dry up!
KJV
Give them, O LORD: what wilt thou give? give them a miscarrying womb and dry breasts.
WEB
Give them—LORD what will you give? Give them a miscarrying womb and dry breasts.
ASV
Give them, O Jehovah-what wilt thou give? give them a miscarrying womb and dry breasts.
DARBY
Give them, Jehovah what wilt thou give? give them a miscarrying womb and dry breasts.
BLB
Give to them, O YHWH, what will You give? Give to them a womb miscarrying, and breasts [that are] dry.
ÅB
Gi dem, Herre! - Ja, hva skal du gi dem? Gi dem morsliv som føder i utide, og bryster som er uttørket!
OTB
Gi dem, Herre—hva vil Du gi?
Gi dem en aborterende livmor og uttørkede bryster.
B1930
Gi dem, Herre! - Ja, hvad skal du gi dem? Gi dem morsliv som føder i utide, og bryster som er uttørket!

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Luke 23:29

    For, behold, the days are coming, in the which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the paps which never gave suck.

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  • Luke 21:23

    But woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck, in those days! for there shall be great distress in the land, and wrath upon this people.

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  • 1 Corinthians 7:26

    I suppose therefore that this is good for the present distress, I say, that it is good for a man so to be.

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  • Mark 13:17

    But woe to them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days!

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  • Job 21:10

    Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf.

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  • Hosea 9:13

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

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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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  • Hosea 9:11

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

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