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!
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4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsThough they bring up their children, yet will I bereave them, so that not a man shall be left: yea, woe also to them when I depart from them!
Even if they raise their children, I will bereave them of each one. Yes, woe be to them when I turn away from them!
For though they nourish their sons, I have made them childless--without man, Surely also, woe to them, when I turn aside from them.
For even should they bring up their children, yet will I bereave them, [that] not a man [remain]: for woe also to them when I shall have departed from them!
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentHosea — A prophet commanded to marry an unfaithful wife — his marriage becomes the sermon. Fourteen chapters on covenant unfaithfulness and a love that will not let Israel go.
- Author
- Hosea son of Beeri (1:1)
- Date
- Ministry c. 755–715 BC — the decades leading up to the 722 BC fall of the northern kingdom