“As for Ephraim, their glory will fly away like a bird. There will be no birth, no one with child, and no conception.”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. Hosea 9 contains 17 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.