Their bulls breed without fail; their cows calve and do not miscarry.
Hosea 9:14 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Give them, Lord – What should you give? Give them a womb that miscarries and breasts that are dry! Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Give them, O LORD: what wilt thou give? give them a miscarrying womb and dry breasts. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Give them [their due], O Lord! [But] what will You give? Give them a miscarrying womb and dry breasts. American Standard Version (1901) Give them, O Jehovah—what wilt thou give? give them a miscarrying womb and dry breasts. Common English Bible Give them, LORD— what will you give them? Give them a womb that miscarries and breasts that are dried up. Catholic Public Domain Version Give them, O Lord. What will you give them? Give them a womb without children, and dry breasts. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Give them, O Lord. What wilt thou give them? Give them a womb without children, and dry breasts. |
Their bulls breed without fail; their cows calve and do not miscarry.
No woman will miscarry or be childless in your land. I will give you the full number of your days.
Ephraim’s glory will fly away like a bird: no birth, no pregnancy, no conception.
I have seen Ephraim like Tyre, planted in a meadow, so Ephraim will bring out his children to the executioner.
Ephraim is struck down; their roots are withered; they cannot bear fruit. Even if they bear children, I will kill the precious offspring of their wombs.
Woe to pregnant women and nursing mothers in those days, for there will be great distress in the land and wrath against this people.
Look, the days are coming when they will say, “Blessed are the women without children, the wombs that never bore, and the breasts that never fed! ”
Because of the present distress, I think that it is good for a man to remain as he is.
Your offspring will be cursed, and your land’s produce, the young of your herds, and the newborn of your flocks.