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Hosea 9:16

Ephraim is struck down; their root is withered; they cannot bear fruit. Even if they bear children, I will slay the darlings of their wombs.

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ASV

Ephraim is smitten, their root is dried up, they shall bear no fruit: yea, though they bring forth, yet will I slay the beloved fruit of their womb.

KJV

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.

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Original language & word study

13 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
הֻכָּ֣הhu.Kahhe has been struckH5221 →
אֶפְרַ֔יִם'ef.Ra.yimEphraimH669 →
שָׁרְשָׁ֥םsha.re.Shamroot theirH8328 →
יָבֵ֖שׁya.Veshit has dried upH3001 →
פְּרִ֣יpe.RifruitH6529 →
בַֽלve.li-notH1077 →
יַעֲשׂ֑וּןya.'a.Sunthey will produce !H6213 →
גַּ֚םgamalsoH1571 →
כִּ֣יkiifH3588 →
יֵֽלֵד֔וּןye.le.Dunthey [masc] will give birth !H3205 →
וְהֵמַתִּ֖יve.he.ma.Tiand I will put to deathH4191 →
מַחֲמַדֵּ֥יma.cha.ma.Dei[the] precious things ofH4261 →
בִטְנָֽם׃ סvit.Nam[masc] womb theirH990 →

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Hosea 9:11–13Ephraim’s glory will fly away like a bird, with no birth, no pregnancy, and no conception.Ezekiel 24:21Tell the house of Israel that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I am about to desecrate My sanctuary, the pride of your power, the desire of your eyes, and the delight of your soul. And the sons and daughters you left behind will fall by the sword.’Job 15:32It will be paid in full before his time, and his branch will not flourish.Isaiah 5:24Therefore, as a tongue of fire consumes the straw, and as dry grass shrivels in the flame, so their roots will decay and their blossoms will blow away like dust; for they have rejected the instruction of the LORD of Hosts and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.Isaiah 17:11though on the day you plant you make them grow, and on that morning you help your seed sprout—yet the harvest will vanish on the day of disease and incurable pain.Hosea 9:12Even if they raise their children, I will bereave them of each one. Yes, woe be to them when I turn away from them!Hosea 8:7For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind. There is no standing grain; what sprouts fails to yield flour. Even if it should produce, the foreigners would swallow it up.Malachi 4:1“For behold, the day is coming, burning like a furnace, when all the arrogant and every evildoer will be stubble; the day is coming when I will set them ablaze,” says the LORD of Hosts. “Not a root or branch will be left to them.”Isaiah 40:24No sooner are they planted, no sooner are they sown, no sooner have their stems taken root in the ground, than He blows on them and they wither, and a whirlwind sweeps them away like stubble.Job 18:16The roots beneath him dry up, and the branches above him wither away.Hosea 5:11Ephraim is oppressed, crushed in judgment, for he is determined to follow worthless idols.Genesis 41:23After them, seven other heads of grain sprouted—withered, thin, and scorched by the east wind.Isaiah 28:4The fading flower of his beautiful splendor, set on the summit above the fertile valley, will be like a ripe fig before the summer harvest: Whoever sees it will take it in his hand and swallow it.Hosea 9:14Give them, O LORD—what will You give? Give them wombs that miscarry and breasts that dry up!Hosea 9:13I have seen Ephraim, like Tyre, planted in a meadow. But Ephraim will bring out his children for slaughter.

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