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href="/bsb/hosea/9.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/hosea/9.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />Ephraim&#8217s glory will fly away like a bird— no birth, no pregnancy, no conception.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/hosea/9.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/hosea/9.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Ephraim’s glory shall fly away like a bird— no birth, no pregnancy, no conception!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/hosea/9.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Ephraim’s glory will fly away like a bird, with no birth, no pregnancy, and no conception.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/hosea/9.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br /><i>As for</i> Ephraim, their glory shall fly away like a bird, from the birth, and from the womb, and from the conception.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/hosea/9.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br /><i>As for</i> Ephraim, their glory shall fly away like a bird— No birth, no pregnancy, and no conception!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/hosea/9.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />As for Ephraim, their glory will fly away like a bird— No birth, no pregnancy, and no conception!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/hosea/9.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />As for Ephraim, their glory will fly away like a bird— No birth, no pregnancy and no conception!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/hosea/9.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />As for Ephraim, their glory will fly away like a bird— No birth, no pregnancy, and no conception!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/hosea/9.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />As for Ephraim, their glory will fly away like a bird— No birth, no pregnancy, and no conception!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/hosea/9.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />As for Ephraim, their glory will fly away like a bird; No birth, no pregnancy, and [because of their impurity] no conception.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/hosea/9.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Ephraim’s glory will fly away like a bird: no birth, no pregnancy, no conception.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/hosea/9.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Ephraim&#8217s glory will fly away like a bird: no birth, no gestation, no conception. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/hosea/9.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />As for Ephraim, their glory shall fly away like a bird: there shall be no birth, and none with child, and no conception.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/hosea/9.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />And so, Israel, your glory will fly away like birds--your women will no longer be able to give birth. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/hosea/9.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />As for Ephraim, their glory shall fly away like a bird: there shall be no birth, and none with child, and no conception.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/hosea/9.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />"Ephraim's glory will fly away like a bird. There will be no more pregnancies, births, or babies.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/hosea/9.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Israel's greatness will fly away like a bird, and there will be no more children born to them, no more women pregnant, no more children conceived. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/hosea/9.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />The glory of Ephraim will fly away like a bird— no birth, no pregnancy, not even a conception.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/hosea/9.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Ephraim?s glory will fly away like a bird, with no birth, no pregnancy, and no conception.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/hosea/9.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Ephraim will be like a bird; what they value will fly away. They will not bear children--they will not enjoy pregnancy--they will not even conceive! <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/hosea/9.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />As for Ephraim, their glory will fly away like a bird. There will be no birth, none with child, and no conception.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/hosea/9.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />As for Ephraim, their glory shall fly away like a bird, from the birth, and from the womb, and from the conception.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/hosea/9.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />As for Ephraim, their glory will fly away like a bird. There will be no birth, no one with child, and no conception. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/hosea/9.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Ephraim [is] as a bird, their glory flies away, without birth, and without womb, and without conception.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/hosea/9.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Ephraim is as a fowl, Fly away doth their honour, without birth, And without womb, and without conception.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/hosea/9.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Ephraim shall fly away as a bird, their glory of birth and of the womb and of conception.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/hosea/9.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />As for Ephraim, their glory hath flown away like a bird from the birth, and from the womb, and from the conception. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/hosea/9.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Ephraim has chased away their glory like a bird: from birth, and from the womb, and from conception.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/hosea/9.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Ephraim is like a bird: their glory flies away— no birth, no pregnancy, no conception. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/hosea/9.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Ephraim’s glory shall fly away like a bird— no birth, no pregnancy, no conception!<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/hosea/9.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />As for Ephraim, their glory has flown away like a bird, they are cut off from the birth, from the womb, and from the conception.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/hosea/9.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Aphreim like a bird has flown away, their glory from birth, and from the womb and from conception<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/hosea/9.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />As for Ephraim, their glory shall fly away like a bird; There shall be no birth, and none with child, and no conception.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/hosea/9.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Ephraim has flown away as a bird; their glories from the birth, and the travail, and the conception.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/hosea/9-11.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/xpPG1oLnpGk?start=1401" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/hosea/9.htm">Hosea Announces Israel's Punishment</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">10</span>I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness. I saw your fathers as the firstfruits of the fig tree in its first season. But they went to Baal-peor, and consecrated themselves to Shame; so they became as detestable as the thing they loved. <span class="reftext">11</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/669.htm" title="669: ’ep̄·ra·yim (N-proper-ms) -- Dual of masculine form of 'Ephraath; double fruit; Ephrajim, a son of Joseph; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory.">Ephraim’s</a> <a href="/hebrew/3519.htm" title="3519: kə·ḇō·w·ḏām (N-msc:: 3mp) -- Rarely kabod; from kabad; properly, weight, but only figuratively in a good sense, splendor or copiousness.">glory</a> <a href="/hebrew/5774.htm" title="5774: yiṯ·‘ō·w·p̄êp̄ (V-Hitpael-Imperf-3ms) -- To fly, to faint. A primitive root; to cover; hence to fly; also to faint.">will fly away</a> <a href="/hebrew/5775.htm" title="5775: kā·‘ō·wp̄ (Prep-k, Art:: N-ms) -- Flying creatures. From uwph; a bird, often collectively.">like a bird,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3205.htm" title="3205: mil·lê·ḏāh (Prep-m:: V-Qal-Inf:: 3fs) -- A primitive root; to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage.">with no birth,</a> <a href="/hebrew/990.htm" title="990: ū·mib·be·ṭen (Conj-w, Prep-m:: N-fs) -- From an unused root probably meaning to be hollow; the belly, especially the womb; also the bosom or body of anything.">no pregnancy,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2032.htm" title="2032: ū·mê·hê·rā·yō·wn (Conj-w, Prep-m:: N-ms) -- Conception, pregnancy. Or herayown; from harah; pregnancy.">and no conception.</a> </span><span class="reftext">12</span>Even if they raise their children, I will bereave them of each one. Yes, woe be to them when I turn away from them!…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/28-18.htm">Deuteronomy 28:18</a></span><br />The fruit of your womb will be cursed, as well as the produce of your land, the calves of your herds, and the lambs of your flocks.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/7-14.htm">Isaiah 7:14</a></span><br />Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin will be with child and give birth to a son, and will call Him Immanuel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/17-3.htm">Isaiah 17:3</a></span><br />The fortress will disappear from Ephraim, and the sovereignty from Damascus. The remnant of Aram will be like the splendor of the Israelites,” declares the LORD of Hosts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/28-1.htm">Isaiah 28:1-4</a></span><br />Woe to the majestic crown of Ephraim’s drunkards, to the fading flower of his glorious splendor, set on the summit above the fertile valley, the pride of those overcome by wine. / Behold, the Lord has one who is strong and mighty. Like a hailstorm or destructive tempest, like a driving rain or flooding downpour, he will smash that crown to the ground. / The majestic crown of Ephraim’s drunkards will be trampled underfoot. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/7-34.htm">Jeremiah 7:34</a></span><br />I will remove from the cities of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem the sounds of joy and gladness and the voices of the bride and bridegroom, for the land will become a wasteland.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/16-9.htm">Jeremiah 16:9</a></span><br />For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: I am going to remove from this place, before your very eyes and in your days, the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of the bride and bridegroom.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/48-33.htm">Jeremiah 48:33</a></span><br />Joy and gladness are removed from the orchard and from the fields of Moab. I have stopped the flow of wine from the presses; no one treads them with shouts of joy; their shouts are not for joy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/5-15.htm">Lamentations 5:15</a></span><br />Joy has left our hearts; our dancing has turned to mourning.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/26-13.htm">Ezekiel 26:13</a></span><br />So I will silence the sound of your songs, and the music of your lyres will no longer be heard.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/4-6.htm">Amos 4:6-10</a></span><br />“I afflicted all your cities with cleanness of teeth and all your towns with lack of bread, yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD. / “I also withheld the rain from you when the harvest was three months away. I sent rain on one city but withheld it from another. One field received rain; another without rain withered. / People staggered from city to city for water to drink, but they were not satisfied; yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/8-10.htm">Amos 8:10</a></span><br />I will turn your feasts into mourning and all your songs into lamentation. I will cause everyone to wear sackcloth and every head to be shaved. I will make it like a time of mourning for an only son, and its outcome like a bitter day.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/24-19.htm">Matthew 24:19</a></span><br />How miserable those days will be for pregnant and nursing mothers!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/13-17.htm">Mark 13:17</a></span><br />How miserable those days will be for pregnant and nursing mothers!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/21-23.htm">Luke 21:23</a></span><br />How miserable those days will be for pregnant and nursing mothers! For there will be great distress upon the land and wrath against this people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/23-29.htm">Luke 23:29</a></span><br />Look, the days are coming when people will say, ‘Blessed are the barren women, the wombs that never bore, and breasts that never nursed!’</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">As for Ephraim, their glory shall fly away like a bird, from the birth, and from the womb, and from the conception.</p><p class="hdg">their.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/41-52.htm">Genesis 41:52</a></b></br> And the name of the second called he Ephraim: For God hath caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/48-16.htm">Genesis 48:16-20</a></b></br> The Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/49-22.htm">Genesis 49:22</a></b></br> Joseph <i>is</i> a fruitful bough, <i>even</i> a fruitful bough by a well; <i>whose</i> branches run over the wall:</p><p class="hdg">from the birth.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/58-8.htm">Psalm 58:8</a></b></br> As a snail <i>which</i> melteth, let <i>every one of them</i> pass away: <i>like</i> the untimely birth of a woman, <i>that</i> they may not see the sun.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ecclesiastes/6-3.htm">Ecclesiastes 6:3</a></b></br> If a man beget an hundred <i>children</i>, and live many years, so that the days of his years be many, and his soul be not filled with good, and also <i>that</i> he have no burial; I say, <i>that</i> an untimely birth <i>is</i> better than he.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/amos/1-13.htm">Amos 1:13</a></b></br> Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of the children of Ammon, and for four, I will not turn away <i>the punishment</i> thereof; because they have ripped up the women with child of Gilead, that they might enlarge their border:</p><p class="hdg">from the womb.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/hosea/9-14.htm">Hosea 9:14</a></b></br> Give them, O LORD: what wilt thou give? give them a miscarrying womb and dry breasts.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/28-18.htm">Deuteronomy 28:18,57</a></b></br> Cursed <i>shall be</i> the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy land, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/luke/23-29.htm">Luke 23:29</a></b></br> For, behold, the days are coming, in the which they shall say, Blessed <i>are</i> the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the paps which never gave suck.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/hosea/9-8.htm">Bird</a> <a href="/hosea/2-5.htm">Birth</a> <a href="/ezekiel/22-7.htm">Child</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/11-5.htm">Conception</a> <a href="/hosea/9-8.htm">Ephraim</a> <a href="/hosea/6-10.htm">Ephraim's</a> <a href="/hosea/6-10.htm">E'phraim's</a> <a href="/daniel/10-7.htm">Flight</a> <a href="/daniel/9-21.htm">Fly</a> <a href="/hosea/7-12.htm">Fowl</a> <a href="/hosea/4-18.htm">Glory</a> <a href="/hosea/4-7.htm">Honour</a> <a href="/daniel/12-2.htm">Life</a> <a href="/jeremiah/20-17.htm">Pregnancy</a> <a href="/ezekiel/20-26.htm">Womb</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/hosea/11-11.htm">Bird</a> <a href="/hosea/9-13.htm">Birth</a> <a href="/hosea/11-1.htm">Child</a> <a href="/luke/2-21.htm">Conception</a> <a href="/hosea/9-13.htm">Ephraim</a> <a href="/hosea/11-3.htm">Ephraim's</a> <a href="/hosea/9-13.htm">E'phraim's</a> <a href="/hosea/10-5.htm">Flight</a> <a href="/habakkuk/1-8.htm">Fly</a> <a href="/zephaniah/1-3.htm">Fowl</a> <a href="/hosea/10-5.htm">Glory</a> <a href="/hosea/10-5.htm">Honour</a> <a href="/amos/2-14.htm">Life</a> <a href="/jeremiah/20-17.htm">Pregnancy</a> <a href="/hosea/9-14.htm">Womb</a><div class="vheading2">Hosea 9</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/hosea/9-1.htm">The distress and captivity of Israel for their sins.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/hosea/9.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/hosea/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/hosea/9.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Ephraim’s glory will fly away like a bird</b><br>This phrase signifies the impending loss of prosperity and honor for the tribe of Ephraim, representing the northern kingdom of Israel. The imagery of a bird suggests something fleeting and elusive, emphasizing the suddenness and completeness of this loss. Historically, Ephraim was one of the most prominent tribes, often symbolizing the entire northern kingdom. The glory that will "fly away" refers to their strength, wealth, and influence, which will be taken away due to their unfaithfulness to God. This is consistent with the covenant curses outlined in <a href="/deuteronomy/28.htm">Deuteronomy 28</a>, where disobedience leads to loss and exile.<p><b>with no birth, no pregnancy, and no conception</b><br>This part of the verse highlights a specific judgment: the cessation of growth and future generations. In ancient Israelite culture, children were seen as a blessing from God and a sign of His favor. The absence of birth, pregnancy, and conception indicates a divine curse, reflecting God's withdrawal of blessing and favor. This barrenness can be seen as a reversal of the blessings promised to Abraham's descendants. It also connects to the broader biblical theme of fruitfulness as a sign of God's blessing, as seen in <a href="/genesis/1-28.htm">Genesis 1:28</a> and <a href="/psalms/127-3.htm">Psalm 127:3-5</a>. The lack of progeny signifies not only a physical barrenness but also a spiritual desolation, as the people have turned away from God, leading to their downfall.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/e/ephraim.htm">Ephraim</a></b><br>A prominent tribe in Israel, often used to represent the Northern Kingdom as a whole. Known for its strength and influence, Ephraim's name is frequently used in prophetic literature to symbolize the collective identity and fate of Israel.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/h/hosea.htm">Hosea</a></b><br>A prophet in the 8th century BC, Hosea's ministry was primarily to the Northern Kingdom of Israel. His messages often focused on Israel's unfaithfulness to God and the resulting consequences.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/i/israel.htm">Israel</a></b><br>The Northern Kingdom, which fell into idolatry and was warned by prophets like Hosea about impending judgment due to their unfaithfulness to God.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/j/judgment.htm">Judgment</a></b><br>The event or process of divine retribution that Hosea warns will come upon Israel due to their sins, particularly idolatry and turning away from God.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/g/glory.htm">Glory</a></b><br>In this context, it refers to the prosperity, strength, and blessings that Ephraim once enjoyed, which will be lost due to their disobedience.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_sin.htm">The Consequences of Sin</a></b><br>Just as Ephraim's glory was to "fly away," sin leads to the loss of God's blessings and favor. We must be vigilant in our walk with God to avoid similar consequences.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_faithfulness.htm">The Importance of Faithfulness</a></b><br>Hosea's message underscores the need for faithfulness to God. Our relationship with Him should be marked by loyalty and obedience.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_warnings_are_acts_of_mercy.htm">God's Warnings are Acts of Mercy</a></b><br>Prophetic warnings, like those given by Hosea, are opportunities for repentance. We should heed God's warnings in our lives as acts of His mercy.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_transience_of_earthly_glory.htm">The Transience of Earthly Glory</a></b><br>Ephraim's lost glory reminds us that earthly success and prosperity are fleeting. Our true glory should be found in our relationship with God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_prophets.htm">The Role of Prophets</a></b><br>Hosea's role as a prophet highlights the importance of listening to God's messengers. We should be open to receiving and acting upon godly counsel and correction.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_hosea_9.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Hosea 9</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_are_biblical_garments_of_skin.htm">What is unknowingly worshiping according to the Bible?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_hosea_9_3_align_with_history.htm">In Hosea 9:3, how does the claim that Israel would return to Egypt align with historical records that show no major return after the Exodus?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_hosea_9_15_show_god's_love.htm">In Hosea 9:15, how do we reconcile an 'all-loving' God with the statement that God hates His people in Gilgal?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_the_tribe_of_ephraim.htm">What is the Tribe of Ephraim?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/hosea/9.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(11) <span class= "bld">From the birth</span> . . .--Or rather, <span class= "ital">so that there shall be no childbirth, nor pregnancy, nor conception--</span>an ascending climax. Progeny was the glory of ancient Israel (<a href="/genesis/22-17.htm" title="That in blessing I will bless you, and in multiplying I will multiply your seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is on the sea shore; and your seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;">Genesis 22:17</a>; <a href="/context/deuteronomy/7-13.htm" title="And he will love you, and bless you, and multiply you: he will also bless the fruit of your womb, and the fruit of your land, your corn, and your wine, and your oil, the increase of your cows, and the flocks of your sheep, in the land which he swore to your fathers to give you.">Deuteronomy 7:13-14</a>; <a href="/psalms/127-5.htm" title="Happy is the man that has his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate.">Psalm 127:5</a>; <a href="/proverbs/17-6.htm" title="Children's children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.">Proverbs 17:6</a>).<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/hosea/9.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verses 11-14.</span> - Having referred to the most flagrant instances of Israel's transgressions in the past - Gibeah in the time of the judges, Baal-peor at a still earlier period even in the days of Moses, and having merely indicated the parallel between their present sin and previous enormities, the prophet proceeds to denounce the punishments deserved and ready to descend upon them. <span class="cmt_word">As for Ephraim, their glory shall fly away like a bird, from the birth, and from the womb, and from the conception.</span> The greatest glory, perhaps, of Ephraim was their fruitfulness - "double fruitfulness" being the very meaning of the name and the multiplication of their numbers; now that glory of populousness was to vanish speedily and entirely, like birds winging their way swiftly and out of sight. After the figure comes the fact, and it is expressed in anti-climactic form - no child-bearing, no pregnancy, no conception. The course of barrenness takes the place of the blessing of fruitfulness. Though they bring up their children, yet will I believe them, that there shall not be a man left. Even if their sons should grow up to manhood and attain maturity, yet they would be cut off by the sword and swept away by death, so that their progeny would perish. This accords with the threatened punishment of unfaithfulness recorded in <a href="/deuteronomy/32-25.htm">Deuteronomy 32:25</a>, "The sword without, and terror within, shall destroy both the young man and the virgin, the suckling also with the man of grey hairs." The negative sense of rain, equivalent to "so that <span class="accented">not</span>," <span class="accented">is</span> common before verbs, also before nouns the <span class="accented">min</span> being put for the fuller <span class="hebrew">מֵהְיות</span>. <span class="cmt_word">Yea, woe also to them when I depart from them!</span> This accounts for the coming calamity; it is the departure of Jehovah from Israel, and the withdrawal of his favor. The word <span class="hebrew">שׂוּר</span> <p><span class="note_emph">(1)</span> stands for <span class="hebrew">סוּר</span>, sin and <span class="accented">samech</span> being interchanged; or <p><span class="note_emph">(2)</span> it may be for <span class="hebrew">שׁוּר</span>, <span class="accented">sin</span> put for <span class="accented">shin</span> by a clerical error. The meaning is a little different: "when I look away from them." Rashi mentions the fact that this word belongs to those words written with <span class="accented">sin</span> but read with <span class="accented">samech</span>. His comment on the verse is correct: "For what benefit have they when they bring up their children? Because, if they do bring them up, then I bereave them so that they do not become men;" similarly Kimchi: "If there be some among them who escape these mishaps and reach the birth, and they (the parents) bring them up yet shall they die in youth, and never reach the season when they shall be called men." <p><span class="note_emph">(3)</span> The misreading of <span class="hebrew">בְּשָׂרִי</span> instead of <span class="hebrew">בְּשׂוּרִי</span> by the LXX. led to the strange misrendering, "Wherefore also there is a woe to them (though) my flesh is of them (<span class="greek">διότι καὶ οὐαὶ αὐτοῖς ἐστι σάρξ μον ἐξ αὐτῶν</span>,) of which Cyril connects the first member with the preceding words, and, detaching the remainder, interpreted, "Let my flesh be far for exemption from the punishment threatened. <span class="cmt_word">Ephraim, as I saw Tyrus, is planted in a pleasant place: but Ephraim shall bring forth his children to the murderer</span>. The first member of this verse has called forth great diversity of translation and interpretation. It were tedious, and not conducive to the right understanding of the verse, to enumerate the various expositions given of it. A <span class="accented">very</span> few of the most important may be briefly noticed. . . . <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/hosea/9-11.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Ephraim’s</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶפְרַ֕יִם</span> <span class="translit">(’ep̄·ra·yim)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_669.htm">Strong's 669: </a> </span><span class="str2">Ephraim -- a son of Joseph, also his descendants and their territory</span><br /><br /><span class="word">glory</span><br /><span class="heb">כְּבוֹדָ֑ם</span> <span class="translit">(kə·ḇō·w·ḏām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3519.htm">Strong's 3519: </a> </span><span class="str2">Weight, splendor, copiousness</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will fly away</span><br /><span class="heb">יִתְעוֹפֵ֣ף</span> <span class="translit">(yiṯ·‘ō·w·p̄êp̄)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5774.htm">Strong's 5774: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fly, to faint</span><br /><br /><span class="word">like a bird,</span><br /><span class="heb">כָּע֖וֹף</span> <span class="translit">(kā·‘ō·wp̄)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5775.htm">Strong's 5775: </a> </span><span class="str2">Flying creatures</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with no birth,</span><br /><span class="heb">מִלֵּדָ֥ה</span> <span class="translit">(mil·lê·ḏāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3205.htm">Strong's 3205: </a> </span><span class="str2">To bear young, to beget, medically, to act as midwife, to show lineage</span><br /><br /><span class="word">no pregnancy,</span><br /><span class="heb">וּמִבֶּ֖טֶן</span> <span class="translit">(ū·mib·be·ṭen)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_990.htm">Strong's 990: </a> </span><span class="str2">The belly, the womb, the bosom, body of anything</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and no conception.</span><br /><span class="heb">וּמֵהֵרָיֽוֹן׃</span> <span class="translit">(ū·mê·hê·rā·yō·wn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2032.htm">Strong's 2032: </a> </span><span class="str2">Conception, pregnancy</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/hosea/9-11.htm">Hosea 9:11 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/hosea/9-11.htm">Hosea 9:11 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/hosea/9-11.htm">Hosea 9:11 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/hosea/9-11.htm">Hosea 9:11 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/hosea/9-11.htm">Hosea 9:11 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/hosea/9-11.htm">Hosea 9:11 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/hosea/9-11.htm">Hosea 9:11 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/hosea/9-11.htm">Hosea 9:11 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/hosea/9-11.htm">Hosea 9:11 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/hosea/9-11.htm">Hosea 9:11 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/hosea/9-11.htm">OT Prophets: Hosea 9:11 As for Ephraim their glory will fly (Ho Hs Hos.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/hosea/9-10.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Hosea 9:10"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Hosea 9:10" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/hosea/9-12.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Hosea 9:12"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Hosea 9:12" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>