Hosea 9:13
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“I have seen Ephraim, like Tyre, planted in a meadow. But Ephraim will bring out his children for slaughter.”
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“I have seen Ephraim, like Tyre, planted in a meadow. But Ephraim will bring out his children for slaughter.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Ephraim, as I saw Tyrus, is planted in a pleasant place: but Ephraim shall bring forth his children to the murderer.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Ephraim, like as I have seen Tyre, is planted in a pleasant place: but Ephraim shall bring out his children to the slayer.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Ephraim! when I have looked to the rock, Is planted in comeliness, And Ephraim <FI>is<Fi> to bring out unto a slayer his sons.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Hosea 9:13 — 12 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 2 Kings 15:16At that time Menahem, starting from Tirzah, attacked Tiphsah and everyone in its vicinity, because they would not open their gates. So he attacked Tiphsah and ripped open all the pregnant women.
- Job 27:14Though his sons are many, they are destined for the sword; and his offspring will never have enough food.
- Jeremiah 9:21For death has climbed in through our windows; it has entered our fortresses to cut off the children from the streets, the young men from the town squares.
- Lamentations 2:22You summoned my attackers on every side, as for the day of an appointed feast. In the day of the LORD’s anger no one escaped or survived; my enemy has destroyed those I nurtured and reared.
- Ezekiel 26:1In the eleventh month of the twelfth year, on the first day of the month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
- Ezekiel 27:3Tell Tyre, who dwells at the gateway to the sea, merchant of the peoples on many coasts, that this is what the Lord GOD says: You have said, O Tyre, ‘I am perfect in beauty.’
- Hosea 9:16Ephraim is struck down; their root is withered; they cannot bear fruit. Even if they bear children, I will slay the darlings of their wombs.
- Hosea 10:14the roar of battle will rise against your people, so that all your fortresses will be demolished as Shalman devastated Beth-arbel in the day of battle, when mothers were dashed to pieces along with their children.
- Hosea 13:8Like a bear robbed of her cubs I will attack them, and I will tear open their chests. There I will devour them like a lion, like a wild beast would tear them apart.
- Hosea 13:16Samaria will bear her guilt because she has rebelled against her God. They will fall by the sword; their little ones will be dashed to pieces, and their pregnant women ripped open.
- Hosea 14:1Return, O Israel, to the LORD your God, for you have stumbled by your iniquity.
- Amos 7:17Therefore this is what the LORD says: ‘Your wife will become a prostitute in the city, and your sons and daughters will fall by the sword. Your land will be divided by a measuring line, and you yourself will die on pagan soil. And Israel will surely go into exile, away from their homeland.’”
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