New King James Version
Hosea 9:12
12Though they bring up their children, Yet I will bereave them to the last man. Yes, woe to them when I depart from them!
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 Living Translation (NLT)Even if you do have children who grow up, I will take them from you. It will be a terrible day when I turn away and leave you alone.
Context of Hosea 9:12
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. 11As for Ephraim, their glory shall fly away like a bird— No birth, no pregnancy, and no conception! Though 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.” 14Give them, O Lord— What will You give? Give them a miscarrying womb And dry breasts!
Read all of Hosea 9Hosea 9:12 word by word
כִּ֤י אִם־יְגַדְּלוּ֙ אֶת־בְּנֵיהֶ֔ם וְשִׁכַּלְתִּ֖ים מֵֽאָדָ֑ם כִּֽי־גַם־א֥וֹי לָהֶ֖ם בְּשׂוּרִ֥י מֵהֶֽם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Hosea 9:12
- Hosea 9:13Just as I saw Ephraim like Tyre, planted in a pleasant place, So Ephraim will bring out his children to the murderer.”
- Deuteronomy 28:32Your sons and your daughters shall be given to another people, and your eyes shall look and fail with longing for them all day long; and there shall be no strength in your hand.
- Deuteronomy 32:25The sword shall destroy outside; There shall be terror within For the young man and virgin, The nursing child with the man of gray hairs.
- Job 27:14If his children are multiplied, it is for the sword; And his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.
- Jeremiah 15:7And I will winnow them with a winnowing fan in the gates of the land; I will bereave them of children; I will destroy My people, Since they do not return from their ways.
- Jeremiah 16:3For thus says the Lord concerning the sons and daughters who are born in this place, and concerning their mothers who bore them and their fathers who begot them in this land:
- Lamentations 2:20“See, O Lord, and consider! To whom have You done this? Should the women eat their offspring, The children they have cuddled? Should the priest and prophet be slain In the sanctuary of the Lord?
- Numbers 26:65For the Lord had said of them, “They shall surely die in the wilderness.” So there was not left a man 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 a man was left.
- Hosea 9:5What will you do in the appointed day, And in the day of the feast of the Lord?
- Hosea 7:13“Woe to them, for they have fled from Me! Destruction to them, Because they have transgressed against Me! Though I redeemed them, Yet they have spoken lies against Me.
- Deuteronomy 31:17Then My anger shall be aroused against them in that day, and I will forsake them, and I will hide My face from them, and they shall be devoured. And many evils and troubles shall befall them, so that they will say in that day, ‘Have not these evils come upon us because our God is not among us?’
- 1 Samuel 16:14But the Spirit of the Lord departed from Saul, and a distressing spirit from the Lord troubled him.
- 1 Samuel 28:15Now Samuel said to Saul, “Why have you disturbed me by bringing me up?” And Saul answered, “I am deeply distressed; for the Philistines make war against me, and God has departed from me and does not answer me anymore, neither by prophets nor by dreams. Therefore I have called you, that you may reveal to me what I should do.”
- 2 Kings 17:18Therefore the Lord was very angry with Israel, and removed them from His sight; there was none left but the tribe of Judah alone.
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
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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
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