World English Bible
Hosea 9:14
“Give them--Yahweh what will you give? Give them a miscarrying womb and dry breasts.”
Verse in context — Hosea 9
Though they bring up their children, yet I will bereave them, so that not a man shall be left. Indeed, woe also to them when I depart from them!
I have seen Ephraim, like Tyre, planted in a pleasant place; but Ephraim will bring out his children to the murderer.
Give them--Yahweh what will you give? Give them a miscarrying womb and dry breasts.
All their wickedness is in Gilgal; for there I hated them. Because of the wickedness of their deeds I will drive them out of my house! I will love them no more. All their princes are rebels.
Ephraim is struck. Their root has dried up. They will bear no fruit. Even though they bring forth, yet I will kill the beloved ones of their womb.
About Hosea
God’s steadfast love for His unfaithful people, symbolized through Hosea’s marriage.
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