Hosea 9:14

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Give them, LORD—what will You give? Give them wombs that miscarry and breasts that are dry.

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  • Luke 23:29 : 29 For look, the days are coming when they will say, 'Blessed are the barren women, the wombs that never bore, and the breasts that never nursed.'
  • 1 Cor 7:26 : 26 Because of the present distress, I think it is good for a person to remain as they are.
  • Job 21:10 : 10 Their bulls breed without failure; their cows give birth and do not miscarry.
  • Hos 9:11 : 11 Ephraim’s glory will fly away like a bird—no birth, no pregnancy, no conception.
  • Hos 9:13 : 13 Ephraim, as I have seen, was like Tyre, planted in a pleasant meadow. But Ephraim will lead their children out to be slaughtered.
  • Hos 9:16 : 16 Ephraim is struck down; their root is dried up; they will bear no fruit. Even if they give birth, I will kill their cherished offspring.
  • Matt 24:19 : 19 Woe to pregnant women and nursing mothers in those days!
  • Mark 13:17 : 17 How dreadful it will be in those days for pregnant women and nursing mothers!
  • Luke 21:23 : 23 Woe to those who are pregnant and nursing in those days! For there will be great distress on the earth and wrath against this people.

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    15All their wickedness is at Gilgal, for there I began to hate them. Because of their evil deeds, I will drive them from My house. I will no longer love them; all their leaders are rebellious.

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  • Hos 9:11-13
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    11Ephraim’s glory will fly away like a bird—no birth, no pregnancy, no conception.

    12Even if they raise their children, I will bereave them of every one. Woe to them when I turn away from them!

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    29For look, the days are coming when they will say, 'Blessed are the barren women, the wombs that never bore, and the breasts that never nursed.'

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    3Say to your brothers, 'My people,' and to your sisters, 'She has received mercy.'

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    9'Shall I bring to the point of birth and not deliver?' says the Lord. 'Or shall I, who causes delivery, shut the womb?' says your God.

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    12Beat your breasts for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vines.

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