Catholic Public Domain Version
"Give them, O Lord. What will you give them? Give them a womb without children, and dry breasts. "
— Hosea 9:14, Catholic Public Domain Version
“Give them, O Lord: what wilt thou give? give them a miscarrying womb and dry breasts.”
“Give them, O Jehovah—what wilt thou give? give them a miscarrying womb and dry breasts. ”
“Give them--Yahweh what will you give? Give them a miscarrying womb and dry breasts.”
“Give them, O LORD– what will you give them? Give them wombs that miscarry, and breasts that cannot nurse!”
“Give them, O Lord. What wilt thou give them? Give them a womb without children, and dry breasts.”
“O Lord, what will you give them? Give them bodies which may not give birth and breasts without milk.”
“Give them, O Lord: what wilt thou give? give them a miscarrying womb and dry breasts.”
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 Yes, and woe to them, when I have withdrawn from them.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.
Ephraim has been struck; their root has been dried out: by no means will they yield fruit. And even if they should conceive, I will execute the most beloved of their womb.
My God will cast them aside because they have not listened to him; and they will be wanderers among the nations.