World English Bible
Hosea 9:16
“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.”
Verse in context — Hosea 9
14
Give them--Yahweh what will you give? Give them a miscarrying womb and dry breasts.
15
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.
16
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.
17
My God will cast them away, because they did not listen to him; and they will be wanderers among the nations.
About Hosea
God’s steadfast love for His unfaithful people, symbolized through Hosea’s marriage.
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