Hosea

Hosea 9:16–17

¹⁶Ephraim is struck down;

their root is withered;

they cannot bear fruit.

Even if they bear children,

I will slay the darlings of their wombs.

¹⁷My God will reject them

because they have not obeyed Him;

and they shall be wanderers

among the nations.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Ephraim	אֶפְרַ֔יִם	’ep̄·ra·yim	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H669 Ephraim
is struck down	הֻכָּ֣ה	huk·kāh	Verb - Hofal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H5221 smite
their root	שָׁרְשָׁ֥ם	šā·rə·šām	Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine plural	H8328 root
is withered	יָבֵ֖שׁ	yā·ḇêš	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H3001 be dry, dried up, withered
they cannot bear	יַעֲשׂ֑וּן	ya·‘ă·śūn	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural; Paragogic nun	H6213 do, make
fruit	פְּרִ֣י	pə·rî	Noun - masculine singular	H6529 fruit
Even	גַּ֚ם	gam	Conjunction	H1571 also, moreover, yea
if	כִּ֣י	kî	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
they bear children	יֵֽלֵד֔וּן	yê·lê·ḏūn	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural; Paragogic nun	H3205 bear, bring forth, beget
I will slay	וְהֵמַתִּ֖י	wə·hê·mat·tî	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular	H4191 die
the darlings	מַחֲמַדֵּ֥י	ma·ḥă·mad·dê	Noun - masculine plural construct	H4261 desire, desirable thing
of their wombs	בִטְנָֽם׃ס	ḇiṭ·nām	Noun - feminine singular construct; third person masculine plural	H990 belly, body, womb

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
My God	אֱלֹהַ֔י	’ĕ·lō·hay	Noun - masculine plural construct; first person common singular	H430 God
will reject them	יִמְאָסֵ֣ם	yim·’ā·sêm	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular; third person masculine plural	H3988 reject
because	כִּ֛י	kî	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
they have not	לֹ֥א	lō	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
obeyed	שָׁמְע֖וּ	šā·mə·‘ū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H8085 hear
Him	ל֑וֹ	lōw	Preposition; third person masculine singular
and they shall be	וְיִהְי֥וּ	wə·yih·yū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
wanderers	נֹדְדִ֖ים	nō·ḏə·ḏîm	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural	H5074 retreat, flee, depart, stray, wander, flutter
among the nations	בַּגּוֹיִֽם׃ס	bag·gō·w·yim	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine plural	H1471 nation, people

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Hosea 9:16 Hosea 9:11–13 · Ezekiel 24:21 · Isaiah 5:24

Hosea 9:17 Deuteronomy 28:64–65 · Hosea 7:13 · Zechariah 7:11–14 · Acts 3:23 · Micah 7:7 · Zechariah 1:4 · Isaiah 48:18 · Amos 9:9 · Jeremiah 35:15–17 · Jeremiah 26:4–6 · Hosea 4:10

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.