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
Revised Standard Version
11 E′phraim’s glory shall fly away like a bird—
no birth, no pregnancy, no conception!
12 Even if they bring up children,
I will bereave them till none is left.
Woe to them
when I depart from them!
13 E′phraim’s sons, as I have seen, are destined for a prey;[a]
E′phraim must lead forth his sons to slaughter.
14 Give them, O Lord—
what wilt thou give?
Give them a miscarrying womb
and dry breasts.
15 Every evil of theirs is in 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 their princes are rebels.
16 E′phraim is stricken,
their root is dried up,
they shall bear no fruit.
Even though they bring forth,
I will slay their beloved children.
17 My God will cast them off,
because they have not hearkened to him;
they shall be wanderers among the nations.
Footnotes
- Hosea 9:13 Cn Compare Gk: Heb uncertain
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