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.
• New International Version (NIV)Ephraim is blighted, their root is withered, they yield no fruit. Even if they bear children, I will slay their cherished offspring.”
• 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.”

Context of Hosea 9:16

14O Lord, what should I request for your people? I will ask for wombs that don’t give birth and breasts that give no milk. 15The Lord says, “All their wickedness began at Gilgal; there I began to hate them. I will drive them from my land because of their evil actions. I will love them no more because all their leaders are rebels. 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.” 17My God will reject the people of Israel because they will not listen or obey. They will be wanderers, homeless 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 9:11The 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.
• Job 18:16Their roots will dry up, and their branches will wither.
• Isaiah 5:24Therefore, just as fire licks up stubble and dry grass shrivels in the flame, so their roots will rot and their flowers wither. For they have rejected the law of the Lord of Heaven’s Armies; they have despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
• Isaiah 40:24They hardly get started, barely taking root, when he blows on them and they wither. The wind carries them off like chaff.
• Malachi 4:1The Lord of Heaven’s Armies says, “The day of judgment is coming, burning like a furnace. On that day the arrogant and the wicked will be burned up like straw. They will be consumed—roots, branches, and all.
• Ezekiel 24:21and I was told to give this message to the people of Israel. This is what the Sovereign Lord says: I will defile my Temple, the source of your security and pride, the place your heart delights in. Your sons and daughters whom you left behind in Judah will be slaughtered 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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• Ephraim
• Ephraim, Ephraimite
• Cornfloor
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• Depart
• Mad
• Miscarrying
• Hosea
• Root
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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