Hosea 9:16 Meaning
Ephraim 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.
Context Explained
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.
17My God will cast them away, because they did not hearken unto him: and they shall be wanderers among the nations.
Key Themes
Related Cross References
John 15:2
Jesus speaks of pruning fruitful branches, contrasting the barrenness in Hosea.
Matthew 7:19
Jesus teaches that bad trees bear bad fruit, echoing the theme of judgment in Hosea.
Galatians 5:22
Paul discusses the fruit of the Spirit, contrasting the lack of fruit in Hosea.
Source: Hosea 9:16