Hosea 9:11 BSB — MannaFest

Hosea 9:11

Ephraim’s glory will fly away like a bird, with no birth, no pregnancy, and no conception.

BSB

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ASV

As for Ephraim, their glory shall fly away like a bird: there shall be no birth, and none with child, and no conception.

KJV

As for Ephraim, their glory shall fly away like a bird, from the birth, and from the womb, and from the conception.

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Commentary

4 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

As for Ephraim, their glory shall fly away, like a bird - Ephraim had parted with God, his true Glory. In turn, God would quickly take from him all created glory, all which he counted glory, or in which he gloried. When man parts with the substance, his true honor, God takes away the shadow, lest he should content himself therewith, and not see his shame, and, boasting himself to be something, abide in his nothingness and poverty and shame to which he had reduced himself. “Fruitfulness,” and consequent strength, had been God’s special promise to Ephraim.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

Their glory - Their children or posterity, which was the glory of Israel. Shall fly - It is proverbial, and speaks a sudden loss of children. From the birth - As soon as born.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Ephraim is as strong and rich as ever Tyre was, and as proud and secure. The Chaldee paraphrase gives this sense of it, The congregation of Israel, while they observed the law, was like to Tyrus in prosperity and security.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

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Original language & word study

7 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
אֶפְרַ֕יִם	'ef.Ra.yim	Ephraim	H669 →
כָּע֖וֹף	ka.'of	like <the> bird	H5775 →
יִתְעוֹפֵ֣ף	yit.'o.Fef	it will fly away	H5774 →
כְּבוֹדָ֑ם	ke.vo.Dam	glory their	H3519 →
מִלֵּדָ֥ה	mi.le.Dah	from child bearing	H3205 →
וּמִבֶּ֖טֶן	u.mi.Be.ten	and from womb	H990 →
וּמֵהֵרָיֽוֹן׃	u.me.he.ra.Yon	and from conception	H2032 →

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The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Genesis 41:52
And the second son he named Ephraim, saying, “God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.”
leads to
- Genesis 49:22
  Joseph is a fruitful vine—a fruitful vine by a spring, whose branches scale the wall.
- Genesis 50:23
  He saw Ephraim’s sons to the third generation, and indeed the sons of Machir son of Manasseh were brought up on Joseph’s knees.
Through
Hosea 4:7
The more they multiplied, the more they sinned against Me; they exchanged their Glory for a thing of disgrace.
leads to
- Hosea 13:6
  When they had pasture, they became satisfied; when they were satisfied, their hearts became proud, and as a result they forgot Me.
- Philippians 3:19
  Their end is destruction, their god is their belly, and their glory is in their shame. Their minds are set on earthly things.
Through
Hosea 10:5
The people of Samaria will fear for the calf of Beth-aven. Indeed, its people will mourn with its idolatrous priests— those who rejoiced in its glory— for it has been taken from them into…
leads to
- 2 Kings 23:5
  Josiah also did away with the idolatrous priests ordained by the kings of Judah to burn incense on the high places of the cities of Judah and in the places all around Jerusalem—those who…
- Hosea 5:8
  Blow the ram’s horn in Gibeah, the trumpet in Ramah; raise the battle cry in Beth-aven: Lead on, O Benjamin!
- Hosea 4:15
  Though you prostitute yourself, O Israel, may Judah avoid such guilt! Do not journey to Gilgal, do not go up to Beth-aven, and do not swear on oath, ‘As surely as the LORD lives!’
Through
Hosea 9:14
Give them, O LORD—what will You give? Give them wombs that miscarry and breasts that dry up!
leads to
- Luke 23:29
  Look, the days are coming when people will say, ‘Blessed are the barren women, the wombs that never bore, and breasts that never nursed!’

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01Commentary

The record, by era

Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About Hosea

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

About Hosea