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Hosea 9:14 Cross-References
Explore 9 cross-references for Hosea 9:14 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Hosea chapter 9 verse 14 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“Give them, O LORD: what wilt thou give? give them a miscarrying womb and dry breasts. miscarrying: Heb. that casteth the fruit”
Hosea 9:14 (KJV)
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Commentary on Hosea 9:14
Prayer for barrenness: 'Give them, O LORD: what wilt thou give? give them a miscarrying womb and dry breasts.' Hosea's anguished prayer: תֵּן־לָהֶם יְהוָה מַה־תִּתֵּן (ten-lahem YHWH mah-titten, Give them, O LORD: what will You give?). Answer: רֶחֶם מַשְׁכִּיל וְשָׁדַיִם צֹמְקִים (rechem mashkil veshadayim tsomeqim, miscarrying womb and dry breasts). This shocking prayer requests covenant curse (Deuteronomy 28:18) as mercy—better not born than born for slaughter. It demonstrates that sometimes temporal loss prevents greater suffering. Only Christ transforms curse into blessing, death into life...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Hosea 9:14
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“the days are coming in which they will say”
“and wrath to this people.”
“because of the distress that is on us”
“their glory will fly away like a bird. There will be no birth”
“like Tyre”
“And woe unto them that are with child”
“yet I will kill the beloved ones of their womb.,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., הֻכָּה אֶפְרַיִם שָׁרְשָׁם יָבֵשׁ פְּרִי *בלי־**בַל־יַעֲשׂוּן גַּם כִּי יֵלֵדוּן וְהֵמַתִּי מַחֲמַדֵּי בִטְנָם׃ ס ,Ephraim is smitten, Their root is dried up, They shall bear no fruit; Yea, though they bring forth, Yet will I slay the beloved fruit of their womb.,ἐπόνεσεν εφραιμ τὰς ῥίζας αὐτοῦ ἐξηράνθη καρπὸν οὐκέτι μὴ ἐνέγκῃ διότι καὶ ἐὰν γεννήσωσιν ἀποκτενῶ τὰ ἐπιθυμήματα κοιλίας αὐτῶν,Ephraim is sick, he is dried up at his roots, he shall in no wise any more bear fruit: wherefore even if they should beget children, I will kill the desired fruit of their womb.,,,,”
“and don't miscarry.”
“But woe to them that are with child”