Hosea 9:16

Hosea 9:16 in other versions

• King James Version (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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Ephraim is stricken; their root is dried up; they shall bear no fruit. Even though they give birth, I will put their beloved children to death.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Ephraim is stricken, Their root is dried up; They shall bear no fruit. Yes, were they to bear children, I would kill the darlings of their womb.”
• New Living Translation (NLT)The people of Israel are struck down. Their roots are dried up, and they will bear no more fruit. And if they give birth, I will slaughter their beloved children.”

Context of Hosea 9:16

14Give them, Lord— what will you give them? Give them wombs that miscarry and breasts that are dry. 15“Because of all their wickedness in Gilgal, I hated them there. Because of their sinful deeds, I will drive them out of my house. I will no longer love them; all their leaders are rebellious. Ephraim is blighted, their root is withered, they yield no fruit. Even if they bear children, I will slay their cherished offspring.” 17My God will reject them because they have not obeyed him; they will be wanderers among the nations.

Hosea 9:16 word by word

הֻכָּ֣ה אֶפְרַ֔יִם שָׁרְשָׁ֥ם יָבֵ֖שׁ פְּרִ֣י בַֽל יַעֲשׂ֑וּן גַּ֚ם כִּ֣י יֵֽלֵד֔וּן וְהֵמַתִּ֖י מַחֲמַדֵּ֥י בִטְנָֽם׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Ephraimאֶפְרַ֫יִם'ephrayim · EphraimH669
• is smittenנָכָהnâkâh · to smiteH5221
• their rootשֹׁ֫רֶשׁsheresh · rootH8328
• is dried upיָבֵשׁyâbêsh · to witherH3001
• they shall bearעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to makeH6213
• no fruitפְּרִיperîy · fruitH6529
• yea, though they bring forthיָלַדyâlad · to begetH3205
• yet will I slayמוּתmûth · to dieH4191
• the belovedמַחְמָדmachmâd · desireH4261
• of their wombבֶּ֫טֶןbeţen · belly: wombH990

Cross-references for Hosea 9:16

• Hosea 9:11Ephraim’s glory will fly away like a bird— no birth, no pregnancy, no conception.
• Job 18:16His roots dry up below and his branches wither above.
• Isaiah 5:24Therefore, as tongues of fire lick up straw and as dry grass sinks down in the flames, so their roots will decay and their flowers blow away like dust; for they have rejected the law of the Lord Almighty and spurned the word of the Holy One of Israel.
• Isaiah 40:24No sooner are they planted, no sooner are they sown, no sooner do they take root in the ground, than he blows on them and they wither, and a whirlwind sweeps them away like chaff.
• Malachi 4:1“Surely the day is coming; it will burn like a furnace. All the arrogant and every evildoer will be stubble, and the day that is coming will set them on fire,” says the Lord Almighty. “Not a root or a branch will be left to them.
• Ezekiel 24:21Say to the people of Israel, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: I am about to desecrate my sanctuary—the stronghold in which you take pride, the delight of your eyes, the object of your affection. The sons and daughters you left behind will fall by the sword.

Commentaries on Hosea 9:16

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 16Ephraim is smitten - The thing being determined, it is considered as already done. Their root is dried up - They shall never more be a kingdom. And they never had any political form from their captivity by the Assyrians to the present day. Yea, though they bring forth - See the note on Hosea 9:11-12; (note).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. 1616. The figures "root," "fruit," are suggested by the word "Ephraim," that is, fruitful (see on Ho 9:11, 12). "Smitten," namely, with a blight (Psa 102:4).Read the comment

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In the dictionaries

• Ephraim
• Cornfloor
• Deeply
• Depart
• Mad
• Miscarrying
• Hosea
• Root
• 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