Hosea 9:11-17
Legacy Standard Bible
11 As for Ephraim, their (A)glory will fly away like a bird—
No birth, no pregnancy, and no conception!
12 Though they bring up their children,
Yet I will bereave them [a]until not a man is left.
Surely, (B)woe to them indeed when I depart from them!
13 Ephraim, as I have seen,
Is planted in a pasture like (C)Tyre;
But Ephraim will bring out his children for killing.
14 Give them, O Yahweh—what will You give?
Give them a [b](D)miscarrying womb and dry breasts.
15 All their evil is at (E)Gilgal;
Indeed, I came to hate them there!
Because of the (F)evil of their deeds
I will drive them out of My house!
I will love them no more;
All their princes are (G)rebels.
16 (H)Ephraim is stricken; their root is dried up;
They will bear (I)no fruit.
Even though they bear children,
I will put to death the (J)desirable ones of their womb.
17 My God will despise them
Because they have (K)not listened to Him;
And they will be (L)those who flee among the nations.
Footnotes
- Hosea 9:12 Lit without a man
- Hosea 9:14 Lit bereaving
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
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