Verse 16

Hosea 9:16

New King James Version

16 Ephraim is smitten, their root is dried up, they shall bear no fruit: yea, though they bring forth, yet will I slay even the beloved fruit 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 Rejoice not, O Israel, for joy, as other people: for thou hast gone a whoring from thy God (Elohim),... Focus ↗
2 The floor and the winepress shall not feed them, and the new wine shall fail in her. Focus ↗
3 They shall not dwell in the LORD’S land; but Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and they shall eat uncle... Focus ↗
4 They shall not offer wine offerings to the LORD, neither shall they be pleasing unto him: their sacr... Focus ↗
5 What will ye do in the solemn day, and in the day of the feast of the LORD? Focus ↗
6 For, lo, they are gone because of destruction: Egypt shall gather them up, Memphis shall bury them:... Focus ↗
7 The days of visitation are come, the days of recompence are come; Israel shall know it: the prophet... Focus ↗
8 The watchman of Ephraim was with my God (Elohim): but the prophet is a snare of a fowler in all his... Focus ↗
9 They have deeply corrupted themselves, as in the days of Gibeah: therefore he will remember their in... Focus ↗
10 I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness; I saw your fathers as the firstripe in the fig tree at... Focus ↗
11 As for Ephraim, their glory shall fly away like a bird, from the birth, and from the womb, and from... Focus ↗
12 Though they bring up their children, yet will I bereave them, that there shall not be a man left: ye... Focus ↗
13 Ephraim, as I saw Tyrus, is planted in a pleasant place: but Ephraim shall bring forth his children... Focus ↗
14 Give them, O LORD: what wilt thou give? give them a miscarrying womb and dry breasts. Focus ↗
15 All their wickedness is in Gilgal: for there I hated them: for the wickedness of their doings I will... Focus ↗
16 Ephraim is smitten, their root is dried up, they shall bear no fruit: yea, though they bring forth,...
17 My God (Elohim) will cast them away, because they did not hearken unto him: and they shall be wander... Focus ↗
Verse Information
Book
Hosea
Chapter
Chapter 9 (17 verses)
Version
New King James Version
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