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Hosea 9:16 KJV
Hosea · chapter 9 · verse 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.Hosea 9:16 · King James Version
Hosea 9:16 in context
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.
17My God will cast them away, because they did not hearken unto him: and they shall be wanderers among the nations.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- EphraimʼEphrayimEphrajim, a son of JosephH669 →
- smittennâkâhto strikeH5221 →
- belovedmachmâddelightfulH4261 →
- fruitpᵉrîyfruitH6529 →
- forthyâladto bear youngH3205 →
- rootsheresha rootH8328 →
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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