EasyEnglish Bible 2018
Hosea 9:11
11The great things that Israel enjoys will soon disappear. They will be like birds that fly away! The women of Israel will no longer give birth to children. They will not even become pregnant.
Hosea 9:11 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)As for Ephraim, their glory shall fly away like a bird, from the birth, and from the womb, and from the conception.
- New International Version (NIV)Ephraim’s glory will fly away like a bird— no birth, no pregnancy, no conception.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Ephraim's glory shall fly away like a bird— no birth, no pregnancy, no conception!
- New King James Version (NKJV)As for Ephraim, their glory shall fly away like a bird— No birth, no pregnancy, and no conception!
Context of Hosea 9:11
9The Israelites do very wicked things, like the terrible sins that they did at Gibeah. God will not forget the wicked things that they have done. He will surely punish them for their sins. 10The Lord says, ‘When I first found Israel, they gave me pleasure. It was as if I had found grapes in the wilderness. Your ancestors made me happy, like the first fruit on a young fig tree. But then they came to the god, Baal-Peor. They began to worship that disgusting idol. They became as disgusting as the idol that they loved so much. The great things that Israel enjoys will soon disappear. They will be like birds that fly away! The women of Israel will no longer give birth to children. They will not even become pregnant. 12But even if they do have children, I will cause them all to die so that none are still alive. It will be a terrible time for the Israelites, because I will turn away from them. 13At one time, I saw that Ephraim's land was a beautiful place, like Tyre. But now Ephraim's people must bring out their children for an enemy to kill them.’
Read all of Hosea 9Hosea 9:11 word by word
אֶפְרַ֕יִם כָּע֖וֹף יִתְעוֹפֵ֣ף כְּבוֹדָ֑ם מִלֵּדָ֥ה וּמִבֶּ֖טֶן וּמֵהֵרָיֽוֹן׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Hosea 9:11
- Genesis 41:52Joseph called his second son Ephraim. Joseph said, ‘God has given children to me in the land where I have received pain.’
- Genesis 48:16He is the Angel who has kept me safe. I pray that he will bless these boys. I pray that, because of them, people will remember my name, and the names of my ancestors, Abraham and Isaac. I pray that they will have many descendants who live all over the earth.’
- Genesis 49:22Joseph is like a vine that has lots of fruit. It grows near a well and its branches go over a wall.
- Deuteronomy 33:17Joseph is as strong as a bull. He has horns like a wild ox. Those two horns are the armies of Ephraim and Manasseh! With them, he attacks other nations. He chases them to the edges of the world.
- Job 18:5The light of a wicked person's life will stop shining. His fire will no longer burn brightly.
- Psalms 58:8Cause them to be like a worm that melts as it moves along. Cause them to be like a child that is born dead and never sees the light of day.
- Ecclesiastes 6:3Someone may have many children and he may live for a long time. But even if he lives until he is very old, he may not enjoy a good life. After he dies, people may not bury him with honour. His life would be useless. Even a child that is dead at birth is happier than that person. That is what I think.
- Amos 1:13The Lord says, ‘The people in Ammon have done more and more wrong things. So I will certainly punish them. People from Ammon fought against the people in Gilead. Ammon's people wanted to get more land for themselves. While they were killing people there, they also cut pregnant women open.
- Hosea 9:14Lord, what should I ask you to give to these people? Make it impossible for their women to give birth! Stop the milk from their breasts to feed their babies!
- Deuteronomy 28:18God will curse your children and the crops that you grow. Your cows and your sheep will not give birth to healthy babies.
- Luke 23:29Listen! Days will come when people will say, “It is better for those women that could not have babies. Those women that never had babies to feed are the happy ones!”
Commentaries on Hosea 9:11
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11Their glory shall fly away - It shall suddenly spring away from them, and return no more. From the birth - "So that there shall be no birth, no carrying in the womb, no conception." - Newcome. They shall cease to glory in their numbers; for no children shall be born, no woman shall be pregnant, for none shall conceive. Here judgment blasts the very germs of population.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 11-17Verses 11-17 . God departs from a people, or from a person, when he withdraws his goodness and mercy from them; and when the Lord is departed, what can the creature do? Even though, for the present, good things seem to remain, yet the blessing is gone if God is gone. Even the children should perish with the parents. The Divine wrath dries up the root, and withers the fruit of all comforts; and the scattered Jews daily warn us to beware, lest we neglect or…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 11Israel worshiped the baals in hopes of having many children. But God would punish them by preventing conception, pregnancy, and birth.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1111. their glory shall fly away--fit retribution to those who "separated themselves unto that shame" (Ho 9:10). Children were accounted the glory of parents; sterility, a reproach. "Ephraim" means "fruitfulness" (Ge 41:52); this its name shall cease to be its characteristic. from the birth ... womb ... conception--Ephraim's children shall perish in a threefold gradation; (1) From the time of birth. (2) From the time of pregnancy. (3) From the time of their…Read the comment
Topics related to Hosea 9:11
In the dictionaries
Commentaries on Hosea 9
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
EasyEnglish Bible 2018 — Copyright © MissionAssist 2018
Commentaries