Oséias 9:11

11 Quanto a Efraim, a sua glória como ave voará; não haverá nascimento, nem gravidez, nem concepção.

Oséias 9:11 Meaning and Commentary

Hosea 9:11

[As for] Ephraim, their glory shall flee away like a bird,
&c.] That is, suddenly, swiftly, and irrecoverably, and never return more; which some understand of God their glory, and of his departure from them, as in ( Hosea 9:12 ) ; others of their wealth and riches, and whatever was glorious and valuable among them, which should fly away from them in a moment, when taken and carried captive; rather their numerous posterity, in which they were very fruitful, according to their name, and in which they gloried, as children are the glory of their parents, ( Proverbs 17:6 ) ; which sense agrees with what follows, and which explains the manner of their fleeing away, and the periods of it: from the birth, and from the womb, and from the conception;
that is, some of them, as soon as they were born; others while in the womb, being abortives; or, however, when they should, or as soon as they did, come from thence; and others, as soon as conceived, never come to any thing; or not conceived at all, as Kimchi interprets it, the women being barren.

Oséias 9:11 In-Context

9 Muito profundamente se corromperam, como nos dias de Gibeá; ele se lembrará das iniqüidades deles, e punirá os seus pecados.
10 Achei a Israel como uvas no deserto, vi a vossos pais como a fruta temporã da figueira no seu princípio; mas eles foram para Baal- Peor, e se consagraram a essa coisa vergonhosa, e se tornaram abomináveis como aquilo que amaram.
11 Quanto a Efraim, a sua glória como ave voará; não haverá nascimento, nem gravidez, nem concepção.
12 Ainda que venham criar seus filhos, eu os privarei deles, para que não fique nenhum homem. Ai deles, quando deles eu me apartar!
13 Efraim, assim como vi a Tiro, está plantado num lugar aprazível; mas Efraim levará seus filhos ao matador.
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