King James Version
Hosea 9:11 in the King James Version says “As for Ephraim, their glory shall fly away like a bird, from the birth, and from the womb, and from the conception.” — study this verse from Hosea chapter 9 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“As for Ephraim, their glory shall fly away like a bird, from the birth, and from the womb, and from the conception.”
Hosea 9:11 · KJV
They have deeply corrupted themselves, as in the days of Gibeah: therefore he will remember their iniquity, he will visit their sins.
I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness; I saw your fathers as the firstripe in the fig tree at her first time: but they went to Baalpeor, and separated themselves unto that shame; and their abominations were according as they loved.
As for Ephraim, their glory shall fly away like a bird, from the birth, and from the womb, and from the conception.
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!
Ephraim, as I saw Tyrus, is planted in a pleasant place: but Ephraim shall bring forth his children to the murderer.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“As for Ephraim”
H669ephrajim, a son of joseph; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory
“like a bird”
H5775a bird (as covered with feathers, or rather as covering with wings), often collectively
“shall fly away”
H5774to fly; also (by implication of dimness) to faint (from the darkness of swooning)
“their glory”
H3519properly, weight, but only figuratively in a good sense, splendor or copiousness
“from the birth”
H3205to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage
“and from the womb”
H990the belly, especially the womb; also the bosom or body of anything
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