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Hosea 9:13
I have seen Ephraim, like Tyre, planted in a meadow. But Ephraim will bring out his children for slaughter.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Yahweh speaks through Hosea to Ephraim (the northern kingdom), pronouncing judgment immediately after declaring that He will turn away and bereave them of their children (Hosea 9:12).
The words — שְׁתוּלָה (she.tu.Lah) = [is] planted marks Ephraim’s initial establishment, while לְהוֹצִיא (le./ho.Tzi') = to bring out describes the forced removal of his offspring for slaughter.
The thread — The Tyre comparison runs into Ezekiel 27:3, where the Lord directly addresses the coastal merchant city, and the theme of bereaved children parallels the judgment pronounced in Amos 7:17.
Why it lands — The text requires the reader to acknowledge that divine judgment operates through the very means of prosperity, turning planted stability into the direct cause of familial destruction.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Ephraim, as I saw Tyrus, is planted in a pleasant place: but Ephraim shall bring forth his children to the murderer.
Cross-references
- Ezekiel 26:1 In the eleventh month of the twelfth year, on the first day of the month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
- Ezekiel 27:3 Tell Tyre, who dwells at the gateway to the sea, merchant of the peoples on many coasts, that this is what the Lord GOD says: You have said, O Tyre, ‘I am perfect in beauty.’
- Amos 7:17 Therefore this is what the LORD says: ‘Your wife will become a prostitute in the city, and your sons and daughters will fall by the sword. Your land will be divided by a measuring line, and you yourself will die on pagan soil. And Israel will surely go into exile, away from their homeland.’”
- 2 Kings 15:16 At that time Menahem, starting from Tirzah, attacked Tiphsah and everyone in its vicinity, because they would not open their gates. So he attacked Tiphsah and ripped open all the pregnant women.
- Jeremiah 9:21 For death has climbed in through our windows; it has entered our fortresses to cut off the children from the streets, the young men from the town squares.
- Hosea 9:16 Ephraim is struck down; their root is withered; they cannot bear fruit. Even if they bear children, I will slay the darlings of their wombs.
- Hosea 10:14 the roar of battle will rise against your people, so that all your fortresses will be demolished as Shalman devastated Beth-arbel in the day of battle, when mothers were dashed to pieces along with their children.
- Hosea 13:8 Like a bear robbed of her cubs I will attack them, and I will tear open their chests. There I will devour them like a lion, like a wild beast tearing them apart.
- Hosea 13:16 Samaria will bear her guilt because she has rebelled against her God. They will fall by the sword; their little ones will be dashed to pieces, and their pregnant women ripped open.