Hosea 9:14

9:14 Give them, O Lord –

what will you give them?

Give them wombs that miscarry,

and breasts that cannot nurse! ¹ 

Hosea 13:16

13:16 (14:1) ²  Samaria will be held guilty, ³ 

because she rebelled against her God.

They will fall by the sword,

their infants will be dashed to the ground –

their ⁴  pregnant women will be ripped open.

[9:14]  ¹ tn Heb “breasts that shrivel up dry”; cf. KJV, NAB, NASB, NRSV “dry breasts.”

[13:16]  ² sn Beginning with 13:16, the verse numbers through 14:9 in the English Bible differ by one from the verse numbers in the Hebrew text (BHS), with 13:16 ET = 14:1 HT, 14:1 ET = 14:2 HT, etc., through 14:9 ET = 14:10 HT. Thus ch. 14 in the Hebrew Bible has 10 verses.

[13:16]  ³ tn Or “must bear its guilt” (NIV similar); NLT “must bear the consequences of their guilt”; CEV “will be punished.”

[13:16]  ⁴ tn Heb “his.” This is a collective singular, as recognized by almost all English versions.