The Coming Exile
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They will not stay in the land of the Lord.
Instead, Ephraim will return to Egypt,(E)
and they will eat unclean food(F) in Assyria.(G)
Instead, Ephraim will return to Egypt,(E)
and they will eat unclean food(F) in Assyria.(G)
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For even if they flee from devastation,
Egypt will gather them, and Memphis will bury them.(L)
Thistles will take possession of their precious silver;
thorns will invade their tents.(M)
Egypt will gather them, and Memphis will bury them.(L)
Thistles will take possession of their precious silver;
thorns will invade their tents.(M)
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Ephraim’s watchman is with my God.
The prophet encounters a fowler’s snare
on all his ways.(S)
Hostility is in the house of his God!
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The prophet encounters a fowler’s snare
on all his ways.(S)
Hostility is in the house of his God!
Ephraim Bereaved of Offspring
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Even if they raise children,
I will bereave them of each one.
Yes, woe to them when I depart from them!(AD)
13 I will bereave them of each one.
Yes, woe to them when I depart from them!(AD)
I have seen Ephraim like Tyre,(AE)
planted in a meadow,
so Ephraim will bring out his children
to the executioner.
14 planted in a meadow,
so Ephraim will bring out his children
to the executioner.
Footnotes:
a.
Hosea 9:10: Baal
Cross references:
B.
Hosea 9:1:
Hosea 4:12
C.
Hosea 9:1:
Hosea 7:14
G.
Hosea 9:3:
Hosea 11:7
L.
Hosea 9:6:
Isaiah 19:13; Jeremiah 2:16; Jeremiah 44:1; Jeremiah 46:14; Jeremiah 46:19; Ezekiel 30:13; Ezekiel 30:16
T.
Hosea 9:9:
Isaiah 31:6
W.
Hosea 9:10:
Micah 7:1
AA.
Hosea 9:10:
Ezekiel 20:8
AC.
Hosea 9:11:
Hosea 4:10
AD.
Hosea 9:12:
Hosea 7:13
AE.
Hosea 9:13:
Ezekiel 27:3-4
AF.
Hosea 9:14:
Genesis 49:25
AI.
Hosea 9:15:
Hosea 5:2
AJ.
Hosea 9:16:
Hosea 5:11
AK.
Hosea 9:16:
Hosea 8:7
AL.
Hosea 9:16:
Ezekiel 24:21
AM.
Hosea 9:17:
Hosea 4:10
AN.
Hosea 9:17:
Hosea 7:13