Hosea 9:14
Give them, O LORD– what will you give them? Give them wombs that miscarry, and breasts that cannot nurse!
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Referenced Verses
- Luke 23:29 : 29 For this is certain: The days are coming when they will say,‘Blessed are the barren, the wombs that never bore children, and the breasts that never nursed!’
- 1 Cor 7:26 : 26 Because of the impending crisis I think it best for you to remain as you are.
- Job 21:10 : 10 Their bulls breed without fail; their cows calve and do not miscarry.
- Hos 9:11 : 11 The Fertility Worshipers Will Become Infertile 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!
- Hos 9:13 : 13 Ephraim, as I have seen, has given their children for prey; Ephraim will bear his sons for slaughter.
- Hos 9:16 : 16 Ephraim will be struck down– their root will be dried up; they will not yield any fruit. Even if they do bear children, I will kill their precious offspring.
- Matt 24:19 : 19 Woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing their babies in those days!
- Mark 13:17 : 17 Woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing their babies in those days!
- Luke 21:23 : 23 Woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing their babies in those days! For there will be great distress on the earth and wrath against this people.
Similar Verses (AI)
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- Hos 9:15-173 verses77%
15 Because of all their evil in Gilgal, I hate them there. On account of their evil deeds, I will drive them out of my land. I will no longer love them; all their rulers are rebels.
16 Ephraim will be struck down– their root will be dried up; they will not yield any fruit. Even if they do bear children, I will kill their precious offspring.
17 My God will reject them, for they have not obeyed him; so they will be fugitives among the nations.
- Hos 9:11-133 verses75%
11 The Fertility Worshipers Will Become Infertile 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!
12 Even if they raise their children, I will take away every last one of them. Woe to them! For I will turn away from them.
13 Ephraim, as I have seen, has given their children for prey; Ephraim will bear his sons for slaughter.
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65 Give them a distraught heart; may your curse be on them!
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21 So let their children die of starvation. Let them be cut down by the sword. Let their wives lose their husbands and children. Let the older men die of disease and the younger men die by the sword in battle.
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29 For this is certain: The days are coming when they will say,‘Blessed are the barren, the wombs that never bore children, and the breasts that never nursed!’
- Hos 2:3-53 verses72%
3 Otherwise, I will strip her naked, and expose her like she was when she was born. I will turn her land into a wilderness and make her country a parched land, so that I might kill her with thirst.
4 I will have no pity on her children, because they are children conceived in adultery.
5 For their mother has committed adultery; she who conceived them has acted shamefully. For she said,“I will seek out my lovers; they are the ones who give me my bread and my water, my wool, my flax, my olive oil, and my wine.
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26 I declared them to be defiled because of their sacrifices– they caused all their firstborn to pass through the fire– so that I would devastate them, so that they will know that I am the LORD.’
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4 Pay them back for their evil deeds! Pay them back for what they do! Punish them!
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15 So then, listen to what I, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel, say.‘I will make these people eat the bitter food of suffering and drink the poison water of judgment.
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9 The mother who had seven children will grow faint. All the breath will go out of her. Her pride and joy will be taken from her in the prime of their life. It will seem as if the sun had set while it was still day. She will suffer shame and humiliation. I will cause any of them who are still left alive to be killed in war by the onslaughts of their enemies,” says the LORD.
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9 “Do I bring a baby to the birth opening and then not deliver it?” asks the LORD.“Or do I bring a baby to the point of delivery and then hold it back?” asks your God.
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20 ר(Resh)Jerusalem Speaks: Look, O LORD! Consider! Whom have you ever afflicted like this? Should women eat their offspring, their healthy infants? Should priest and prophet be killed in the Lord’s sanctuary?
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18 Their arrows will cut young men to ribbons; they have no compassion on a person’s offspring, they will not look with pity on children.
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3 For I, the LORD, tell you what will happen to the children who are born here in this land and to the men and women who are their mothers and fathers.
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16 (14:1) Samaria will be held guilty, because she rebelled against her God. They will fall by the sword, their infants will be dashed to the ground– their pregnant women will be ripped open.
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12 Mourn over the field, over the delightful fields and the fruitful vine!
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39 I will give you into their hands and they will destroy your chambers and tear down your pavilions. They will strip you of your clothing and take your beautiful jewelry and leave you naked and bare.
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16 the grave, the barren womb; earth has not been satisfied with water; and fire has never said,“Enough!”
- Ps 109:9-102 verses70%
9 May his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow!
10 May his children roam around begging, asking for handouts as they leave their ruined home!
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13 The labor pains of a woman will overtake him, but the baby will lack wisdom; when the time arrives, he will not come out of the womb!
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16 She is harsh with her young, as if they were not hers; she is unconcerned about the uselessness of her labor.
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7 The LORD continued,“In every town in the land I will purge them like straw blown away by the wind. I will destroy my people. I will kill off their children. I will do so because they did not change their behavior.
- Lam 4:3-42 verses70%
3 ג(Gimel) Even the jackals nurse their young at their breast, but my people are cruel, like ostriches in the wilderness.
4 ד(Dalet) The infant’s tongue sticks to the roof of its mouth due to thirst; little children beg for bread, but no one gives them even a morsel.
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14 Bethel Will Be Destroyed Like Beth Arbel The roar of battle will rise against your people; all your fortresses will be devastated, just as Shalman devastated Beth Arbel on the day of battle, when mothers were dashed to the ground with their children.
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9 The fatherless child is snatched from the breast, the infant of the poor is taken as a pledge.
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16 The people to whom they are prophesying will die through war and famine. Their bodies will be thrown out into the streets of Jerusalem and there will be no one to bury them. This will happen to the men and their wives, their sons, and their daughters. For I will pour out on them the destruction they deserve.”
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10 י(Yod) The hands of tenderhearted women cooked their own children, who became their food, when my people were destroyed.
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17 Woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing their babies in those days!
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14 LORD, use your power to deliver me from these murderers, from the murderers of this world! They enjoy prosperity; you overwhelm them with the riches they desire. They have many children, and leave their wealth to their offspring.
- Deut 28:56-572 verses69%
56 Likewise, the most tender and delicate of your women, who would never think of putting even the sole of her foot on the ground because of her daintiness, will turn against her beloved husband, her sons and daughters,
57 and will secretly eat her afterbirth and her newborn children(since she has nothing else), because of the severity of the siege by which your enemy will constrict you in your villages.
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21 He preys on the barren and childless woman, and does not treat the widow well.
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3 and on the mountains and in the fields. I will give your wealth and all your treasures away as plunder. I will give it away as the price for the sins you have committed throughout your land.
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17 So the Lord was not pleased with their young men, he took no pity on their orphans and widows; for the whole nation was godless and did wicked things, every mouth was speaking disgraceful words. Despite all this, his anger does not subside, and his hand is ready to strike again.
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21 What will you say when the LORD appoints as rulers over you those allies that you, yourself, had actually prepared as such? Then anguish and agony will grip you like that of a woman giving birth to a baby.
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9 you sent widows away empty-handed, and the arms of the orphans you crushed.
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34 You will drain it dry, gnaw its pieces, and tear out your breasts, for I have spoken, declares the Sovereign LORD.
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9 I will bring such disaster on them that all the kingdoms of the earth will be horrified. I will make them an object of reproach, a proverbial example of disaster. I will make them an object of ridicule, an example to be used in curses. That is how they will be remembered wherever I banish them.
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5 You have given them tears as food; you have made them drink tears by the measure.
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9 Who is the LORD trying to teach? To whom is he explaining a message? Those just weaned from milk! Those just taken from their mother’s breast!
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24 and my anger will burn and I will kill you with the sword, and your wives will be widows and your children will be fatherless.
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19 Woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing their babies in those days!