New King James Version
Hosea 9:11
11As for Ephraim, their glory shall fly away like a bird— No birth, no pregnancy, and no conception!
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 Living Translation (NLT)The glory of Israel will fly away like a bird, for your children will not be born or grow in the womb or even be conceived.
Context of Hosea 9:11
9They are deeply corrupted, As in the days of Gibeah. He will remember their iniquity; He will punish their sins. 10“I found Israel Like grapes in the wilderness; I saw your fathers As the firstfruits on the fig tree in its first season. But they went to Baal Peor, And separated themselves to that shame; They became an abomination like the thing they loved. As for Ephraim, their glory shall fly away like a bird— No birth, no pregnancy, and no conception! 12Though they bring up their children, Yet I will bereave them to the last man. Yes, woe to them when I depart from them! 13Just as I saw Ephraim like Tyre, planted in a pleasant place, So Ephraim will bring out his children to the murderer.”
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 41:52And the name of the second he called Ephraim: “For God has caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction.”
- Genesis 48:16The Angel who has redeemed me from all evil, Bless the lads; Let my name be named upon them, And the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; And let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.”
- Genesis 49:22“Joseph is a fruitful bough, A fruitful bough by a well; His branches run over the wall.
- Deuteronomy 33:17His glory is like a firstborn bull, And his horns like the horns of the wild ox; Together with them He shall push the peoples To the ends of the earth; They are the ten thousands of Ephraim, And they are the thousands of Manasseh.”
- Job 18:5“The light of the wicked indeed goes out, And the flame of his fire does not shine.
- Psalms 58:8Let them be like a snail which melts away as it goes, Like a stillborn child of a woman, that they may not see the sun.
- Ecclesiastes 6:3If a man begets a hundred children and lives many years, so that the days of his years are many, but his soul is not satisfied with goodness, or indeed he has no burial, I say that a stillborn child is better than he—
- Amos 1:13Thus says the Lord: “For three transgressions of the people of Ammon, and for four, I will not turn away its punishment, Because they ripped open the women with child in Gilead, That they might enlarge their territory.
- Hosea 9:14Give them, O Lord— What will You give? Give them a miscarrying womb And dry breasts!
- Deuteronomy 28:18“Cursed shall be the fruit of your body and the produce of your land, the increase of your cattle and the offspring of your flocks.
- Luke 23:29For indeed the days are coming in which they will say, ‘Blessed are the barren, wombs that never bore, and breasts which never nursed!’
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
New King James Version — © 1982 Thomas Nelson, Inc
Commentaries