Hosea 9:11

Hosea · Old Testament · Chapter 9

“As for Ephraim, their glory shall fly away like a bird, from the birth, and from the womb, and from the conception.”Hosea 9:11

What Does Hosea 9:11 Mean?

Hosea 9:11 is found in the book of Hosea, chapter 9, verse 11 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.

Cross-References (20)

These passages are connected to Hosea 9:11 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.

Hosea 9:16“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.”Hosea 10:5“The inhabitants of Samaria shall fear because of the calves of Bethaven: for the people thereof shall mourn over it, and the priests thereof that rejoiced on it, for the glory thereof, because it is departed from it.”Isaiah 17:3“The fortress also shall cease from Ephraim, and the kingdom from Damascus, and the remnant of Syria: they shall be as the glory of the children of Israel, saith the LORD of hosts.”Hosea 5:9“Ephraim shall be desolate in the day of rebuke: among the tribes of Israel have I made known that which shall surely be.”Genesis 41:52“And the name of the second called he Ephraim: For God hath caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction.”Deuteronomy 28:18“Cursed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy land, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep.”Hosea 4:7“As they were increased, so they sinned against me: therefore will I change their glory into shame.”Hosea 5:1“Hear ye this, O priests; and hearken, ye house of Israel; and give ye ear, O house of the king; for judgment is toward you, because ye have been a snare on Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor.”Hosea 9:14“Give them, O LORD: what wilt thou give? give them a miscarrying womb and dry breasts.”Genesis 48:16“The Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.”Genesis 49:22“Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well; whose branches run over the wall:”Deuteronomy 28:57“And toward her young one that cometh out from between her feet, and toward her children which she shall bear: for she shall eat them for want of all things secretly in the siege and straitness, wherewith thine enemy shall distress thee in thy gates.”Deuteronomy 33:17“His glory is like the firstling of his bullock, and his horns are like the horns of unicorns: with them he shall push the people together to the ends of the earth: and they are the ten thousands of Ephraim, and they are the thousands of Manasseh.”1 Kings 14:16“And he shall give Israel up because of the sins of Jeroboam, who did sin, and who made Israel to sin.”Job 18:5“Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine.”Job 18:18“He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.”Job 19:9“He hath stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head.”Psalms 58:8“As a snail which melteth, let every one of them pass away: like the untimely birth of a woman, that they may not see the sun.”Ecclesiastes 6:3“If a man beget an hundred children, and live many years, so that the days of his years be many, and his soul be not filled with good, and also that he have no burial; I say, that an untimely birth is better than he.”Isaiah 9:14“Therefore the LORD will cut off from Israel head and tail, branch and rush, in one day.”

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