Hosea 9:13

I have seen Ephraim, just like Tyre, planted in a meadow, 1 but Ephraim will bring out his children to someone who will slaughter them.” 1

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In The King James Version

Ephraim, as I saw Tyrus, is planted in a pleasant place: but Ephraim shall bring forth his children to the murderer.

In Context

12Though they have brought up children, 1 I will take them away so that none of them is left. 1 Woe to them when I turn away from them! 1

14Give them, Yahweh—what will you give them? 1 Give them a miscarrying womb and breasts that give no milk. 1

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Cross References

Job 27:14If his children multiply, it is for the sword; 1 his offspring will never have enough food. 1

Lamentations 2:22You have summoned, as you would call the people to a feast day, my terrors on every side, on the day of the anger of Yahweh no one escaped or survived; 1 those I cared for and raised, 1 my enemy has destroyed.

Ezekiel 27:3and say to Tyre, who lives within the gates of the sea, merchants of peoples to many islands, the Lord Yahweh says this to you: 1 Tyre, you have said, 'I am perfect in beauty.' 1

Hosea 10:14So a tumult of war will rise among your people, 1 and all your fortified cities will be destroyed. 1 It will be as Shalman destroyed Beth Arbel on a day of battle, 1 when mothers were dashed to pieces with their children. 1

Hosea 13:16Samaria will be guilty, 1 for she has rebelled against her God. 1 They will fall by the sword; 1 their young children will be dashed to pieces, 1 and their pregnant women will be ripped open.

Amos 7:17Therefore this is what Yahweh says, 1 'Your wife will be a prostitute in the city; 1 your sons and your daughters will fall by the sword; 1 your land will be measured and divided up; 1 you will die in an unclean land, 1 and Israel will surely go into exile from his land.'”

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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