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Hosea 9:12-14
Contemporary English Version
Hosea 9:12-14
Contemporary English Version
12 Even if you do have children,
I will take them all
and leave you to mourn.
I will turn away,
and you will sink down
in deep trouble.
13 Israel, when I first met you,
I thought of you as palm trees
growing in fertile ground.[a]
Now you lead your people out,
only to be slaughtered.
Hosea's Advice
14 Our Lord, do just one thing
for your people—
make their women unable
to have children
or to nurse their babies.
Footnotes
- 9.13 Israel, when … ground: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.
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