何西阿書 9:14

14 耶 和 華 啊 ， 求 你 加 給 他 們 ─ 加 甚 麼 呢 ？ 要 使 他 們 胎 墜 乳 乾 。

何西阿書 9:14 Meaning and Commentary

Hosea 9:14

Give them, O Lord: what wilt thou give them?
&c.] The prophet foreseeing the butchery and destruction of their children, his heart ached for them; and, to show his tender affection for this people, was desirous of putting up a supplication for them; but was at a loss what to ask, their sins were so many, and so aggravated, and the decree gone forth for their destruction: or, "give them what thou wilt give them" {l}; so Jarchi, Kimchi, and Abarbinel, what thou hast threatened before to give them, ( Hosea 9:11 ) ; do not give them to be butchered and murdered before the eyes of their parents by their enemies; but rather let them die in the womb, or as soon as born; so it follows: give them a miscarrying womb and dry breasts;
the latter being a sign of the former, as physicians observe; or the words may be rendered disjunctively, give them one, or the other; that is, to the wives of the people of Israel, if they conceive, let them miscarry, prove abortive, rather than bring forth children to be destroyed in such a cruel manner by murderers; or if they bear them to the birth, and bring them forth, let their breasts be dried up, and afford no milk for their nourishment; and so die for lack of it, rather than fall into the hands of their merciless enemies: thus, of two evils, the prophet chooses and prays for the least. Some interpret this as a prediction of what would be, or an imprecation of it; but it rather seems a pathetic wish, flowing from the tender affection of the prophet, judging such a case to be preferable to the former; see ( Luke 23:29 ) ; though the other sense seems best to agree with what follows, and which is favoured by the Targum,

``give thou, O Lord, the recompence of their works; give them a miscarrying womb and dry breasts.''

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FOOTNOTES:

F12 (Ntt hm Mhl Nt) "da eis quod daturus es", Junius & Tremellius, Vatablus, Grotius; "da illis id quod dabis", Schmidt.

何西阿書 9:14 In-Context

12 縱 然 養 大 兒 女 ， 我 卻 必 使 他 們 喪 子 ， 甚 至 不 留 一 個 。 我 離 棄 他 們 ， 他 們 就 有 禍 了 。

13 我 看 以 法 蓮 如 推 羅 栽 於 美 地 。 以 法 蓮 卻 要 將 自 己 的 兒 女 帶 出 來 ， 交 與 行 殺 戮 的 人 。

14 耶 和 華 啊 ， 求 你 加 給 他 們 ─ 加 甚 麼 呢 ？ 要 使 他 們 胎 墜 乳 乾 。

15 耶 和 華 說 ： 他 們 一 切 的 惡 事 都 在 吉 甲 ； 我 在 那 裡 憎 惡 他 們 。 因 他 們 所 行 的 惡 ， 我 必 從 我 地 上 趕 出 他 們 去 ， 不 再 憐 愛 他 們 ； 他 們 的 首 領 都 是 悖 逆 的 。

16 以 法 蓮 受 責 罰 ， 根 本 枯 乾 ， 必 不 能 結 果 ， 即 或 生 產 ， 我 必 殺 他 們 所 生 的 愛 子 。