Catholic Public Domain Version
"And even if they should nurture their sons, I will make them without children among men. Yes, and woe to them, when I have withdrawn from them. "
— Hosea 9:12, Catholic Public Domain Version
“Though they bring up their children, yet will I bereave them, that there shall not be a man left: yea, woe also to them when I depart from them!”
“Though 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! ”
“Though they bring up their children, yet I will bereave them, so that not a man shall be left. Indeed, woe also to them when I depart from them!”
“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.”
“And though they should bring up their children, I will make them without children among men: yea, and woe to them, when I shall depart from them.”
“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.”
“Though they bring up their children, yet will I bereave them, that there shall not be a man left: yea, woe also to them when I depart from them!”
They have sinned profoundly, just as in the days of Gibeah. He will remember their iniquity, and he will repay their sin.
I discovered Israel like grapes in the desert. Like the first fruits of the fig tree, I saw their fathers on the end of its branches. But they went in to Baal-peor, and they have been estranged by intermingling, and they have become abominable, just like the things that they chose to love.
Ephraim has chased away their glory like a bird: from birth, and from the womb, and from conception.
And even if they should nurture their sons, I will make them without children among men. Yes, and woe to them, when I have withdrawn from them.
Ephraim, as I see it, was a Tyre, founded by beauty. And Ephraim will lead his sons to execution.
Give them, O Lord. What will you give them? Give them a womb without children, and dry breasts.
All their wickedness is in Gilgal, for I held them there, in their hatred. Because of the malice of their inventions, I will expel them from my house. I will no longer say that I love them; all their leaders have retreated.