NET Bible
"Give them, O LORD– what will you give them? Give them wombs that miscarry, and breasts that cannot nurse!"
— Hosea 9:14, NET Bible
“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 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.”
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!
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.
Ephraim, as I have seen, has given their children for prey; Ephraim will bear his sons for slaughter.
Give them, O LORD– what will you give them? Give them wombs that miscarry, and breasts that cannot nurse!
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.
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.
My God will reject them, for they have not obeyed him; so they will be fugitives among the nations.