Hosea 9:12

Hosea 9:12 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Though they bring up their children, yet will I bereave them, that there shall not be a man left: yea, woe also to them when I depart from them!
• New International Version (NIV)Even if they rear children, I will bereave them of every one. Woe to them when I turn away from them!
• English Standard Version (ESV)Even if they bring up children, I will bereave them till none is left. Woe to them when I depart from them!
• New King James Version (NKJV)Though they bring up their children, Yet I will bereave them to the last man. Yes, woe to them when I depart from them!

Context of Hosea 9:12

10I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness; I saw your forefathers as the earliest fruit on the fig tree in its first season. But they came to Baal-peor and devoted themselves to shame, And they became as detestable as that which they loved. 11As for Ephraim, their glory will fly away like a bird-- No birth, no pregnancy, and no conception! Though they bring up their children, Yet I will bereave them of their children until not a person is left. Yes, woe to them indeed when I depart from them! 13Ephraim, as I have seen, Is planted in a pasture like Tyre; But Ephraim is going to bring out his children for slaughter. 14Give to them, Lord--what will You give? Give them a miscarrying womb and dried-up breasts.

Hosea 9:12 word by word

כִּ֤י אִם־יְגַדְּלוּ֙ אֶת־בְּנֵיהֶ֔ם וְשִׁכַּלְתִּ֖ים מֵֽאָדָ֑ם כִּֽי־גַם־א֥וֹי לָהֶ֖ם בְּשׂוּרִ֥י מֵהֶֽם׃Read the interlinear

• Thoughכִּי [אם]kîy · that if: exceptH3588
• Though[כִּי] אם'im · if: exceptH518
• they bringגָּדַלgâdal · to magnifyH1431
• their childrenבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• Yet I will bereaveשָׁכֹלshâkôl · be bereavedH7921
• until not a personאָדָם'âdâm · manH120
• Yesכִּיkîy · forH3588
• woeאוֹי'ôy · woe!H188
• to them indeedגַּםgam · alsoH1571
• when I departסוּרsûr ώûr · to turn aside: departH5493

Cross-references for Hosea 9:12

• Hosea 9:13Ephraim, as I have seen, Is planted in a pasture like Tyre; But Ephraim is going to bring out his children for slaughter.
• Deuteronomy 28:32Your sons and your daughters will be given to another people, while your eyes look on and long for them constantly; but there will be nothing you can do.
• Deuteronomy 32:25Outside the sword will make them childless, And inside, terror-- Both young man and virgin, The nursing child with the man of gray hair.
• Job 27:14Though his sons are many, they are destined for the sword; And his descendants will not be satisfied with bread.
• Jeremiah 15:7I will winnow them with a winnowing fork At the gates of the land; I will bereave them of children, I will destroy My people; They did not repent of their ways.
• Jeremiah 16:3For this is what the Lord says concerning the sons and daughters born in this place, and concerning their mothers who give birth to them, and their fathers who father them in this land:
• Lamentations 2:20See, Lord, and look! With whom have You dealt this way? Should women really eat their children, The little ones who were born healthy? Should priest and prophet really be killed In the sanctuary of the Lord?
• Numbers 26:65For the Lord had said of them, “They shall certainly die in the wilderness.” And not a man was left of them, except Caleb the son of Jephunneh and Joshua the son of Nun.
• Judges 4:16But Barak pursued the chariots and the army as far as Harosheth-hagoyim, and all the army of Sisera fell by the edge of the sword; not even one was left.
• Hosea 9:5What will you do on the day of the appointed festival And on the day of the feast of the Lord?
• Hosea 7:13Woe to them, for they have strayed from Me! Destruction is theirs, for they have rebelled against Me! I would redeem them, but they have spoken lies against Me.
• Deuteronomy 31:17Then My anger will be kindled against them on that day, and I will abandon them and hide My face from them, and they will be consumed, and many evils and troubles will find them; so they will say on that day, ‘Is it not because our God is not among us that these evils have found us?’
• 1 Samuel 16:14Now the Spirit of the Lord left Saul, and an evil spirit from the Lord terrified him.
• 1 Samuel 28:15And Samuel said to Saul, “Why have you disturbed me by bringing me up?” Saul replied, “I am very distressed, for the Philistines are waging war against me, and God has abandoned me and no longer answers me, either through prophets or in dreams; therefore I have called you, so that you may let me know what I should do.”
• 2 Kings 17:18So the Lord was very angry with Israel, and He removed them from His sight; no one was left except the tribe of Judah.

Commentaries on Hosea 9:12

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12Though they bring up their children - And were they even to have children, I would bereave them of them; for, when I depart from them, they shall have all manner of wretchedness and wo.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
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1212. Even though they should rear their children, yet will I bereave them (the Ephraimites) of them (Job 27:14). woe ... to them when I depart--Yet the ungodly in their madness desire God to depart from them (Job 21:14; 22:17; Mt 8:34). At last they know to their cost how awful it is when God has departed (De 31:17; 1Sa 28:15, 16; compare Ho 9:11; 1Sa 4:21).Read the comment

Topics related to Hosea 9:12

• Backsliders
• Bereavement
• Holy Spirit
• Sin

In the dictionaries

• Cornfloor
• Deeply
• Depart
• Mad
• Miscarrying
• Bring
• Hosea
• Zechariah, Book of

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