Hosea 9:11

11 Israel's glory will fly away like a bird; there will be no more pregnancy, no more births, no more getting pregnant.

Hosea 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.

Hosea 9:11 In-Context

9 The people of Israel have gone deep into sin as the people of Gibeahn did. they have done, and he will punish their sins.

10 "When I found Israel, it was like finding grapes in the desert. Your ancestors were like finding the first figs on the fig tree. But when they came to Baal Peor, they began worshiping an idol, and they became as hateful as the thing they worshiped.

11 Israel's glory will fly away like a bird; there will be no more pregnancy, no more births, no more getting pregnant.

12 But even if the Israelites bring up children, I will take them all away. How terrible it will be for them when I go away from them!

13 I have seen Israel, like Tyre, given a pleasant place. their children to be killed."