Verse 16

Hosea 9:16

World English Bible

16 Ephraim is struck. Their root has dried up. They will bear no fruit. Even though they give birth, yet I will kill the beloved ones of their womb.”
Original Language Text
hebrew
הֻכָּ֣ה אֶפְרַ֔יִם שָׁרְשָׁ֥/ם יָבֵ֖שׁ פְּרִ֣י בלי בַֽל יַעֲשׂ֑וּ/ן גַּ֚ם כִּ֣י יֵֽלֵד֔וּ/ן וְ/הֵמַתִּ֖י מַחֲמַדֵּ֥י בִטְנָֽ/ם
English Translation
Ephraim is struck; his root will dry up; they will bear no fruit; even if they give birth, I will slay the cherished ones of their womb.
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Chapter 9 Context
1 Don’t rejoice, Israel, to jubilation like the nations; for you were unfaithful to your God (Elohim).... Focus ↗
2 The threshing floor and the wine press won’t feed them, and the new wine will fail her. Focus ↗
3 They won’t dwell in Yahweh’s land; but Ephraim will return to Egypt, and they will eat unclean food... Focus ↗
4 They won’t pour out wine offerings to Yahweh, neither will they be pleasing to him. Their sacrifices... Focus ↗
5 What will you do in the day of solemn assembly, and in the day of the feast of Yahweh? Focus ↗
6 For, behold, they have gone away from destruction. Egypt will gather them up. Memphis will bury them... Focus ↗
7 The days of visitation have come. The days of reckoning have come. Israel will consider the prophet... Focus ↗
8 A prophet watches over Ephraim with my God (Elohim). A fowler’s snare is on all of his paths, and ho... Focus ↗
9 They have deeply corrupted themselves, as in the days of Gibeah. He will remember their iniquity. He... Focus ↗
10 I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness. I saw your fathers as the first ripe in the fig tree a... Focus ↗
11 As for Ephraim, their glory will fly away like a bird. There will be no birth, no one with child, an... Focus ↗
12 Though they bring up their children, yet I will bereave them, so that not a man shall be left. Indee... Focus ↗
13 I have seen Ephraim, like Tyre, planted in a pleasant place; but Ephraim will bring out his children... Focus ↗
14 Give them—Yahweh what will you give? Give them a miscarrying womb and dry breasts. Focus ↗
15 “All their wickedness is in Gilgal; for there I hated them. Because of the wickedness of their deeds... Focus ↗
16 Ephraim is struck. Their root has dried up. They will bear no fruit. Even though they give birth, ye...
17 My God (Elohim) will cast them away, because they did not listen to him; and they will be wanderers... Focus ↗
Verse Information
Book
Hosea
Chapter
Chapter 9 (17 verses)
Version
World English Bible
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