At that time, starting from Tirzah, Menahem attacked Tiphsah, all who were in it, and its territory because they wouldn’t surrender. He ripped open all the pregnant women.
Hosea 9:13 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised I have seen Ephraim like Tyre, planted in a meadow, so Ephraim will bring out his children to the executioner. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Ephraim, as I saw Tyrus, is planted in a pleasant place: but Ephraim shall bring forth his children to the murderer. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Ephraim, as I have seen with Tyre, is planted in a pleasant place, but Ephraim shall bring out his children to the slayer. American Standard Version (1901) Ephraim, like as I have seen Tyre, is planted in a pleasant place: but Ephraim shall bring out his children to the slayer. Common English Bible When I looked toward Tyre, Ephraim was planted in a lovely meadow; but now Ephraim must lead out his children for slaughter. Catholic Public Domain Version Ephraim, as I see it, was a Tyre, founded by beauty. And Ephraim will lead his sons to execution. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Ephraim, as I saw, was a Tyre founded in beauty: and Ephraim shall bring out his children to the murderer. |
At that time, starting from Tirzah, Menahem attacked Tiphsah, all who were in it, and its territory because they wouldn’t surrender. He ripped open all the pregnant women.
Even if his children increase, they are destined for the sword; his descendants will never have enough food.
I will banish you from my presence, just as I banished all of your brothers, all the descendants of Ephraim.”
for Death has climbed through our windows; it has entered our fortresses, cutting off children from the streets, young men from the squares.
You summon those who terrorise me on every side, as if for an appointed festival day; on the day of the Lord’s anger no one escaped or survived. My enemy has destroyed those I nurtured and brought up.
Say to Tyre, who is situated at the entrance of the sea, merchant of the peoples to many coasts and islands, “This is what the Lord God says: Tyre, you declared, ‘I am perfect in beauty.’
the roar of battle will rise against your people, and all your fortifications will be demolished in a day of war, like Shalman’s destruction of Beth-arbel. Mothers will be dashed to pieces along with their children.
Samaria will bear her guilt because she has rebelled against her God. They will fall by the sword; their children will be dashed to pieces, and their pregnant women ripped open.
I will attack them like a bear robbed of her cubs and tear open the rib cage over their hearts. I will devour them there like a lioness, like a wild beast that would rip them open.
Israel, return to the Lord your God, for you have stumbled in your iniquity.
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.
Therefore, this is what the Lord says: Your wife will be a prostitute in the city, your sons and daughters will fall by the sword, and your land will be divided up with a measuring line. You yourself will die on pagan soil, and Israel will certainly go into exile from its homeland.