Hosea 9:11

The Fertility Worshipers Will Become Infertile

9:11 Ephraim will be like a bird;

what they value ¹  will fly away.

They will not bear children –

they will not enjoy pregnancy –

they will not even conceive! ² 

Hosea 11:11

11:11 They will return in fear and trembling ³ 

like birds from Egypt,

like doves from Assyria,

and I will settle them in their homes,” declares the Lord.

[9:11]  ¹ tn Heb “their glory” (so NASB); TEV “Israel’s greateness.”

[9:11]  ² tn Heb “no childbearing, no pregnancy, no conception.” The preposition מִן (min) prefixed to the three parallel nouns functions in a privative sense, indicating deprivation (BDB 583 s.v. מִן 7).

[11:11]  ³ tn For the meaning of חָרַד (harad, “to tremble”) with prepositions of direction, see 11:10 above.