Hos 9:12-13 | ESV | STEP | Even if they bring up children,I will bereave them till none is left. Woe to themwhen I depart from them!

c ch. 5:6; 1 Sam. 28:15, 16; Ezek. 10:18

f[See ver. 12 above]

‏ Hosea 9:12-13

12 ^aEven if they bring up children,
I will bereave them till none is left.
^bWoe to them
when ^cI depart from them!
13 Ephraim, ^das I have seen, was like a young palm ^{▼▼Or like Tyre} planted in a meadow;
but ^fEphraim must lead his children out to slaughter. ^{▼▼Hebrew to him who slaughters}

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