Oseas 9:11

11 El esplendor de Efraín saldrá volando, como un ave;no habrá más concepción ni embarazo ni nacimiento.

Oseas 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.

Oseas 9:11 In-Context

9 Han llegado al colmo de la corrupción,como en los días de Guibeá;¡pero Dios se acordará de sus perversidadesy los castigará por sus pecados!

10 «Cuando encontré a Israel,fue como hallar uvas en el desierto;cuando vi a sus antepasados,fue como ver higos tiernos en la higuera.Pero ellos se fueron a Baal Peory se entregaron a la vergüenza;¡se volvieron tan detestablescomo el objeto de su amor!

11 El esplendor de Efraín saldrá volando, como un ave;no habrá más concepción ni embarazo ni nacimiento.

12 Y aun cuando vean crecer a sus hijos,yo los arrebataré de este mundo.¡Ay de ellos cuando los abandone!

13 He visto a Efraín y a Tiro plantados en una pradera.¡Pero Efraín entregará sus hijos al verdugo!»