Hosea 9:12

Even though they bring up their children, I will bereave them until not one is left. Woe to them when I turn away from them!

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In The King James Version

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!

In Context

11Ephraim – like a bird his glory flies away. There will be no more birth, no more motherhood, no more conception.

13Ephraim – planted like Tyre in a meadow, But Ephraim too must lead forth their children to slaughter.

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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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