Hosea 9:14
Give them, O Jehovah! What wilt thou give them? Give them a miscarrying womb, And dry breasts!
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
Give them, O LORD: what wilt thou give? give them a miscarrying womb and dry breasts.
In Context
Cross References
Job 21:10Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; Their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf.
Hosea 9:13I have seen Ephraim planted, like Tyre, in a rich pasture, Yet shall Ephraim bring out his children to the murderer.
Matthew 24:19And woe to the women with child, and to those with children at the breast, in those days!
Luke 21:23But woe to the women with child, and to those having children at the breast, in those days! For there will be great distress in the land, and wrath upon this people;
1 Corinthians 7:26I think, then, that it is well, on account of the impending distress, for a man to remain as he is.
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 →