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Hosea 9:11-17
International Standard Version
Hosea 9:11-17
International Standard Version
11 The glory of Ephraim will fly away like a bird—
no birth, no pregnancy, not even a conception.
12 Even if they rear their children,
I will, in turn, make them childless—
in fact, woe to them
when I turn away from them!
13 Ephraim, as I see it, is like Tyre,
planted in a comfortable place;
Ephraim will bear children
but they will be executed.”
14 Give them, Lord—
What will you give?
You will give them a womb that miscarries and dry breasts.
15 “All of their wickedness started[a] in Gilgal,
because I began to hate them there.
Because of the wickedness of their behavior,
I will drive them from my Temple.
I will not love them anymore;
all their leaders are rebels.
16 Ephraim is blighted;[b]
its roots shriveled.
It can bear no fruit.
Even if they bear children,
I will kill their cherished offspring.
17 “My God will reject them,
because they did not obey him,
and they will become wanderers among the nations.”
Footnotes
- Hosea 9:15 The Heb. lacks started
- Hosea 9:16 Or stricken
Hosea 9:11-17
New International Version
Hosea 9:11-17
New International Version
11 Ephraim’s glory(A) will fly away like a bird(B)—
no birth, no pregnancy, no conception.(C)
12 Even if they rear children,
I will bereave(D) them of every one.
Woe(E) to them
when I turn away from them!(F)
13 I have seen Ephraim,(G) like Tyre,
planted in a pleasant place.(H)
But Ephraim will bring out
their children to the slayer.”(I)
14 Give them, Lord—
what will you give them?
Give them wombs that miscarry
and breasts that are dry.(J)
15 “Because of all their wickedness in Gilgal,(K)
I hated them there.
Because of their sinful deeds,(L)
I will drive them out of my house.
I will no longer love them;(M)
all their leaders are rebellious.(N)
16 Ephraim(O) is blighted,
their root is withered,
they yield no fruit.(P)
Even if they bear children,
I will slay(Q) their cherished offspring.”
Hosea 9:11-17
King James Version
Hosea 9:11-17
King James Version
11 As for Ephraim, their glory shall fly away like a bird, from the birth, and from the womb, and from the conception.
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.
14 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.
17 My God will cast them away, because they did not hearken unto him: and they shall be wanderers among the nations.
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