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Hosea 9:12–14

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12kThough they bring up their children,

Yet will I bereave them, that there shall not be a man left:

Yea, lwoe also to them mwhen I depart from them!

13Ephraim, as I saw nTyrus, is planted in a pleasant place:

But Ephraim kshall bring forth his children to the murderer.

14Give them, O Lord: what wilt thou give?

Give them oa miscarrying womb and odry breasts.

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Cross references

  1. kSee Job 27. 14. So Lam. 2. 22. ver. 16. ch. 13. 16. Comp. Isai. 65. 23.
  2. l2 Kin. 17. 18. So Deut. 31. 17. Jer. 6. 8. ch. 5. 6.
  3. mSo 1 Sam. 28. 15, 16. Ezek. 10. 18.
  4. nComp. Ezek. ch. 26–ch. 28.
  5. kSee Job 27. 14. So Lam. 2. 22. ver. 16. ch. 13. 16. Comp. Isai. 65. 23.
  6. oComp. Luke 23. 29.
  7. oComp. Luke 23. 29.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Even if they bring up children,

I will bereave them till none is left.

Woe to them

when I depart from them!

Ephraim, as I have seen, was like a young palm planted in a meadow;

but Ephraim must lead his children out to slaughter.

Give them, O Lord—

what will you give?

Give them a miscarrying womb

and dry breasts.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Even if they rear children,

I will bereave them of every one.

Woe to them

when I turn away from them!

I have seen Ephraim, like Tyre,

planted in a pleasant place.

But Ephraim will bring out

their children to the slayer.”

Give them, Lord—

what will you give them?

Give them wombs that miscarry

and breasts that are dry.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Even if they raise children,

I will bereave them of each one.

Yes, woe to them when I depart from them!

I have seen Ephraim like Tyre,

planted in a meadow,

so Ephraim will bring out his children

to the executioner.

Give them, Lord—

What should you give?

Give them a womb that miscarries

and breasts that are dry!

NLTNew Living Translation

Even if you do have children who grow up,

I will take them from you.

It will be a terrible day when I turn away

and leave you alone.

I have watched Israel become as beautiful as Tyre.

But now Israel will bring out her children for slaughter.”

O Lord, what should I request for your people?

I will ask for wombs that don’t give birth

and breasts that give no milk.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Even though they bring up their children,

I will bereave them before maturity.

Woe to them indeed,

when I depart from them!

Ephraim, as I see it,

is like a palm in a meadow;

but Ephraim must bring out

his children to the slayer.

Give them, O Yahweh—

what will you give them?

Give them a miscarrying womb

and dry breasts.

KJV 1900King 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!

Ephraim, as I saw Tyrus, is planted in a pleasant place:

But Ephraim shall bring forth his children to the murderer.

Give them, O Lord: what wilt thou give?

Give them a miscarrying womb and dry breasts.