Hosea 9:12
And even if they should nurture their sons, I will make them without children among men. Yes, and woe to them, when I have withdrawn from them.
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11Ephraim has chased away their glory like a bird: from birth, and from the womb, and from conception.
13Ephraim, as I see it, was a Tyre, founded by beauty. And Ephraim will lead his sons to execution.
Cross References
Numbers 14:34According to the number of the forty days, during which you examined the land, one year shall be charged for each day. And so, for forty years you shall take back your iniquities, and you shall know my retribution.
Deuteronomy 28:18Cursed shall be the fruit of your loins, and the fruit of your land, the herds of your oxen, and the flocks of your sheep.
Deuteronomy 28:41You will conceive sons and daughters, and you will not enjoy them. For they will be led into captivity.
Deuteronomy 32:25Outside, the sword will devastate them; and inside, there will be dread, as much for the young man as for the maiden, and as much for the newborn as for the old man.
1 Samuel 16:14But the Spirit of the Lord withdrew from Saul, and a wicked spirit from the Lord disturbed him.
2 Kings 17:18And the Lord became vehemently angry with Israel, and he took them away from his sight. And there remained no one, except the tribe of Judah alone.
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 →