Hosea 9:17

My God shall cast them away, Because they have not hearkened to him, And they shall be wanderers 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

16Ephraim is smitten; Their root is dried up; they shall bear no fruit; Yea, though they should beget children, I will destroy the beloved fruit of the womb.

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Cross References

Psalms 81:11But my people would not listen to my voice, And Israel would not hearken to me.

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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