Hosea 9:14 Meaning
Give them, O LORD: what wilt thou give? give them a miscarrying womb and dry breasts.
Context Explained
12Though they bring up their children, yet will I bereave them, that there shall not be a man left: yea, woe also to them when I depart from them!
13Ephraim, as I saw Tyrus, is planted in a pleasant place: but Ephraim shall bring forth his children to the murderer.
14Give them, O LORD: what wilt thou give? give them a miscarrying womb and dry breasts.
15All their wickedness is in Gilgal: for there I hated them: for the wickedness of their doings I will drive them out of mine house, I will love them no more: all their princes are revolters.
16Ephraim is smitten, their root is dried up, they shall bear no fruit: yea, though they bring forth, yet will I slay even the beloved fruit of their womb.
Key Themes
Related Cross References
Isaiah 54:1
Isaiah speaks of restoration, contrasting the judgment in Hosea.
Jeremiah 15:9
Both passages discuss the sorrow of barrenness as a consequence of sin.
Lamentations 2:20
Lamentations also reflects on the suffering of the people due to God's judgment.
Source: Hosea 9:14