Hosea 9:14

American Standard Version

Give them, O Jehovah—what wilt thou give? give them a miscarrying womb and dry breasts.

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Hosea 9:14 in other translations

Give them—Yahweh what will you give?
Give them a miscarrying womb and dry breasts.

Hosea 9:14 · World English Bible

Hosea 9:14 in context

  1. 12Though they bring up their children, yet will I bereave them, so that not a man shall be left: yea, woe also to them when I depart from them!
  2. 13Ephraim, like as I have seen Tyre, is planted in a pleasant place: but Ephraim shall bring out his children to the slayer.
  3. 14Give them, O Jehovah—what wilt thou give? give them a miscarrying womb and dry breasts.
  4. 15All their wickedness is in Gilgal; for there I hated them: because of the wickedness of their doings I will drive them out of my house; I will love them no more; all their princes are revolters.
  5. 16Ephraim is smitten, their root is dried up, they shall bear no fruit: yea, though they bring forth, yet will I slay the beloved fruit of their womb.