Hosea 9:17

My God will give them up because they did not give ear to him; they will be wandering among the nations.

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In The King James Version

My God will cast them away, because they did not hearken unto him: and they shall be wanderers among the nations.

In Context

16The rod has come on Ephraim, their root is dry, let them have no fruit; even though they give birth, I will put to death the dearest fruit of their bodies.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 4:27And the Lord will send you wandering among the peoples; only a small band of you will be kept from death among the nations where the Lord will send you.

Deuteronomy 32:26I said I would send them wandering far away, I would make all memory of them go from the minds of men:

1 Kings 14:16And he will give Israel up because of the sins which Jeroboam has done and made Israel do.

2 Chronicles 18:13And Micaiah said, By the living Lord, whatever the Lord says to me I will say.

Nehemiah 5:19Keep in mind, O my God, for my good, all I have done for this people.

Psalms 81:11\81:10\I am the Lord your God, who took you up from the land of Egypt: let your mouth be open wide, so that I may give you food.

Matthew Henry on Hosea 9:12-17

Threatenings of Judgment. ( b. c. 740.) 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… Read the whole commentary →

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