Hosea 9:11-17
English Standard Version
11 Ephraim's (A)glory shall fly away like a bird—
(B)no birth, no pregnancy, no conception!
12 (C)Even if they bring up children,
I will bereave them till none is left.
(D)Woe to them
when (E)I depart from them!
13 Ephraim, (F)as I have seen, was like a young palm[a] planted in a meadow;
but (G)Ephraim must lead his children out to slaughter.[b]
14 Give them, O Lord—
what will you give?
Give them (H)a miscarrying womb
and dry breasts.
15 Every evil of theirs is in (I)Gilgal;
there I began to hate them.
Because of the wickedness of their deeds
I will drive them out of my house.
I will love them no more;
all (J)their princes are (K)rebels.
16 Ephraim is stricken;
(L)their root is dried up;
they shall bear no fruit.
Even (M)though they give birth,
(N)I will put their beloved children to death.
17 (O)My God will reject them
because they have not listened to him;
(P)they shall be wanderers among the nations.
Footnotes
- Hosea 9:13 Or like Tyre
- Hosea 9:13 Hebrew to him who slaughters
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