Hosea 9:14
O Lord, what will you give them? Give them bodies which may not give birth and breasts without milk.
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Referenced Verses
- Luke 23:29 : 29 For the days are coming in which they will say, Happy are those who have had no children, whose bodies have never given birth, whose breasts have never given milk.
- 1 Cor 7:26 : 26 In my opinion then, because of the present trouble, it is good for a man to keep as he is.
- Job 21:10 : 10 Their ox is ready at all times to give seed; their cow gives birth, without dropping her young.
- Hos 9:11 : 11 As for Ephraim, their glory will go in flight like a bird: there will be no birth and no one with child and no giving of life.
- Hos 9:13 : 13 As I have seen a beast whose young have been taken from her, so Ephraim will give birth to children only for them to be put to death.
- Hos 9:16 : 16 The rod has come on Ephraim, their root is dry, let them have no fruit; even though they give birth, I will put to death the dearest fruit of their bodies.
- Matt 24:19 : 19 But it will be hard for women who are with child and for those with babies at the breast in those days.
- Mark 13:17 : 17 And it will be hard for women who are with child and for her who has a baby at the breast in those days.
- Luke 21:23 : 23 It will be hard for women who are with child, and for her with a baby at the breast, in those days. For great trouble will come on the land, and wrath on this people.
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- Hos 9:15-173 verses77%
15 All their evil-doing is in Gilgal; there I had hate for them; because of their evil-doing I will send them out of my house; they will no longer be dear to me; all their rulers are uncontrolled.
16 The rod has come on Ephraim, their root is dry, let them have no fruit; even though they give birth, I will put to death the dearest fruit of their bodies.
17 My God will give them up because they did not give ear to him; they will be wandering among the nations.
- Hos 9:11-133 verses75%
11 As for Ephraim, their glory will go in flight like a bird: there will be no birth and no one with child and no giving of life.
12 Even though their children have come to growth I will take them away, so that not a man will be there; for their evil-doing will be complete and they will be put to shame because of it.
13 As I have seen a beast whose young have been taken from her, so Ephraim will give birth to children only for them to be put to death.
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65 You will let their hearts be covered over with your curse on them.
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21 For this cause, let their children be without food, and give them over to the power of the sword; and let their wives be without children and become widows; let their men be overtaken by death, and their young men be put to the sword in the fight.
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29 For the days are coming in which they will say, Happy are those who have had no children, whose bodies have never given birth, whose breasts have never given milk.
- Hos 2:3-53 verses72%
3 For fear that I may take away her robe from her, making her uncovered as in the day of her birth; making her like a waste place and a dry land, causing her death through need of water.
4 And I will have no mercy on her children, for they are the children of her loose ways.
5 For their mother has been untrue; she who gave them birth has done things of shame, for she said, I will go after my lovers, who give me my bread and my water, my wool and my linen, my oil and my wine.
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26 I made them unclean in the offerings they gave, causing them to make every first child go through the fire, so that I might put an end to them.
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4 Give them the right reward of their acts, and of their evil doings: give them punishment for the works of their hands, let them have their full reward.
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15 So the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said, I will give them, even this people, bitter plants for food and bitter water for drink.
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9 The mother of seven is without strength; her spirit is gone from her, her sun has gone down while it is still day: she has been shamed and overcome: and the rest of them I will give up to the sword before their haters, says the Lord.
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9 Will I by whom the birth was started, not make it complete? says the Lord. Will I who make children come to birth, let them be kept back? says your God.
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20 Look! O Lord, see to whom you have done this! Are the women to take as their food the fruit of their bodies, the children who are folded in their arms? are the priest and the prophet to be put to death in the holy place of the Lord?
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18 In their hands are bows and spears; they are cruel, violently putting the young men to death, and crushing the young women; they have no pity for children, and no mercy for the fruit of the body.
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3 For this is what the Lord has said about the sons and daughters who come to birth in this place, and about their mothers who have given them birth, and about their fathers who have given life to them in this land:
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12 Have sorrow for the fields, the pleasing fields, the fertile vine;
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39 I will give you into their hands, and your arched room will be overturned and your high places broken down; they will take your clothing off you and take away your fair jewels: and when they have done, you will be uncovered and shamed.
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16 The underworld, and the woman without a child; the earth which never has enough water, and the fire which never says, Enough.
- Ps 109:9-102 verses70%
9 Let his children have no father, and his wife be made a widow.
10 Let his children be wanderers, looking to others for their food; let them be sent away from the company of their friends.
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13 The pains of a woman in childbirth will come on him: he is an unwise son, for at this time it is not right for him to keep his place when children come to birth.
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16 Is the wing of the ostrich feeble, or is it because she has no feathers,
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7 And I have sent a cleaning wind on them in the public places of the land; I have taken their children from them; I have given my people to destruction; they have not been turned from their ways.
- Lam 4:3-42 verses70%
3 Even the beasts of the waste land have full breasts, they give milk to their young ones: the daughter of my people has become cruel like the ostriches in the waste land.
4 The tongue of the child at the breast is fixed to the roof of his mouth for need of drink: the young children are crying out for bread, and no man gives it to them.
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14 So a great outcry will go up from among your people, and all your strong places will be broken, as Beth-arbel was broken by Shalman in the day of war, as the mother was broken on the rocks with her children.
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9 The child without a father is forced from its mother's breast, and they take the young children of the poor for debt.
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16 And the people to whom they are prophets will be pushed out dead into the streets of Jerusalem, because there is no food, and because of the sword; and they will have no one to put their bodies into the earth, them or their wives or their sons or their daughters: for I will let loose their evil-doing on them.
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10 The hands of kind-hearted women have been boiling their children; they were their food in the destruction of the daughter of my people.
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17 And it will be hard for women who are with child and for her who has a baby at the breast in those days.
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14 With your hand, O Lord, from men, even men of the world, whose heritage is in this life, and whom you make full with your secret wealth: they are full of children; after their death their offspring take the rest of their goods.
- Deut 28:56-572 verses69%
56 The most soft and delicate of your women, who would not so much as put her foot on the earth, so delicate is she, will be hard-hearted to her husband and to her son and to her daughter;
57 And to her baby newly come to birth, and to the children of her body; for having no other food, she will make a meal of them secretly, because of her bitter need and the cruel grip of your haters on all your towns.
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21 He is not kind to the widow, and he has no pity for her child.
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3 I will give your wealth and all your stores to be taken away in war without a price, because of your sins in every part of your land.
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17 For this cause the Lord will have no pleasure in their young men, and no pity on their widows and the children without fathers: for they are all haters of God and evil-doers, and foolish words come from every mouth. For all this his wrath is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
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21 What will you say when he puts over you those whom you yourself have made your friends? will not pains take you like a woman in childbirth?
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9 You have sent widows away without hearing their cause, and you have taken away the support of the child who has no father.
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34 And after drinking it and draining it out, you will take the last drops of it to the end, pulling off your breasts: for I have said it, says the Lord.
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9 I will give them up to be a cause of fear and of trouble among all the kingdoms of the earth; to be a name of shame and common talk and a cutting word and a curse in all the places wherever I will send them wandering.
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5 You have given them the bread of weeping for food; for their drink you have given them sorrow in great measure.
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9 To whom will he give knowledge? and to whom will he make clear the word? Will it be to those who have newly given up milk, and who have only now been taken from the breast?
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24 And in the heat of my wrath I will put you to death with the sword, so that your wives will be widows and your children without fathers.
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19 But it will be hard for women who are with child and for those with babies at the breast in those days.