{After Shallum died,} Menahem defeated Tiphsah and the area around it. The people refused to open {the city gate} for him. So Menahem defeated them and ripped open all the pregnant women in that city.
Hosea 9:13 - Easy To Read Version I can see that Ephraim is leading his children into a trap. {\cf2\super [95]} Ephraim brings out his children to the killer. 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. |
{After Shallum died,} Menahem defeated Tiphsah and the area around it. The people refused to open {the city gate} for him. So Menahem defeated them and ripped open all the pregnant women in that city.
An evil person might have many children.\par But his children will be killed in war.\par The children of an evil person\par will not have enough to eat.\par
I will throw you away from me just like I threw away all your brothers from Ephraim. {\cf2\super [61]}
‘Death has come.\par Death climbed in through our windows.\par Death came into our palaces. {\cf2\super [78]} \par Death has come to our children\par that play in the streets.\par Death has come to the young men\par that meet in the public places.’\par
You invited terror to come to me\par from all around.\par You invited terror like you were inviting it\par to a holiday.\par No person escaped\par on the day of the Lord’s anger.\par My enemy has killed\par those that I raised and brought up.\par
So your armies will hear the noise of battle. And all your fortresses {\cf2\super [112]} will be destroyed. It will be like the time Shalman {\cf2\super [113]} destroyed Beth Arbel. At that time of war, mothers were killed with their children.
Samaria must be punished.\par Why? Because she turned against her God.\par The Israelites will be killed with swords.\par Their children will be torn to pieces.\par Their pregnant women will be ripped open.”\par
I will attack them like a bear whose cubs were robbed from her. I will attack them. I will rip open their chests. I will be like a lion or other wild animal tearing and eating its prey.”
Israel, you fell and sinned against God. So come back to the Lord your God.
Ephraim {\cf2\super [97]} will be punished.\par Their root is dying.\par They will not have any more babies.\par They might give birth to babies,\par but I will kill the precious babies\par that come from their bodies.\par
But the Lord says: ‘Your wife will become a prostitute {\cf2\super [96]} in the city. Your sons and daughters will be killed with swords. Other people will take your land and divide it among themselves. And you will die in a foreign {\cf2\super [97]} country. The people of Israel will definitely be taken from this country as prisoners.’”