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Hosea 9:14 KJV
Hosea · chapter 9 · verse 14
Give them, O LORD: what wilt thou give? give them a miscarrying womb and dry breasts.Hosea 9:14 · King James Version
Hosea 9:14 in context
12Though 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!
13Ephraim, as I saw Tyrus, is planted in a pleasant place: but Ephraim shall bring forth his children to the murderer.
14Give them, O LORD: what wilt thou give? give them a miscarrying womb and dry breasts.
15All their wickedness is in Gilgal: for there I hated them: for the wickedness of their doings I will drive them out of mine house, I will love them no more: all their princes are revolters.
16Ephraim 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.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- miscarryingshâkôlproperly, to miscarryH7921 →
- Givenâthanto give, used with greatest latitude of applicationH5414 →
- LORDYᵉhôvâhJehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068 →
- wombrechemthe wombH7358 →
- drytsâmaqto dry upH6784 →
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In the foregoing verses we saw the sin of Israel derived from their fathers; here we see the punishment of Israel derived to their children; for, as death entered by sin at first, so it is still entailed with it. We may observe, in these verses, I. The sin of Ephraim. Some expressions are here which describe that. 1.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 11-17