Hosea 9:11
As for Ephraim, their glory shall fly away like a bird, from the birth, and from the womb, and from the conception.
Cross-references
Hosea 9:14 immediately follows, asking God to give a miscarrying womb — it intensifies the judgment from no children to active miscarriage.
In Hosea 13:15, an east wind dries up Ephraim's fountain and strips treasure—another image of judgment on fruitfulness, matching the loss of glory.
In Hosea 5:9, Ephraim is declared a desolation — directly parallel to the judgment of no offspring here.
In Hosea 4:10, they play the whore but do not multiply — direct parallel to the curse of no conception here.
Genesis 48:16-20 blesses Ephraim with multitude — directly contradicted here by 'glory flies away' and barrenness.
Luke 23:29 calls barren women 'blessed' in coming disaster — a reversal: Hosea sees no children as curse, Jesus sees it as relief.
Job 18:19 describes the wicked having no offspring or survivors — a direct parallel to the judgment of complete childlessness in Hosea.
Deuteronomy 33:17 celebrates Ephraim's ten thousands — here his glory flies away and no birth occurs, reversing that promise.
Deuteronomy 28:18 pronounces a curse on the fruit of the womb — this is the covenantal basis for the childlessness judgment in Hosea.
Genesis 49:22 calls Joseph a fruitful bough — Ephraim his son inherits this blessing, but here fruitfulness is reversed to barrenness.
Genesis 41:52 names Ephraim 'fruitful' — a stark contrast to the judgment here: no birth or conception.
In Isaiah 17:3, the glory of the sons of Israel is destroyed — directly echoing Ephraim's glory flying away here.
In Isaiah 23:4, Sidon mourns having no childbirth — same barrenness imagery as Ephraim's loss of birth here.
In Isaiah 28:4, Ephraim's glorious beauty fades like a flower — parallel to Ephraim's glory flying away here.
In Isaiah 65:23, God promises no futile labor or children for calamity — a restoration blessing contrasting the curse of no birth here.
2 Samuel 6:23 records Michal's lifelong childlessness as punishment for despising David — a historical example of the same judgment.
Psalm 58:8 wishes enemies to be like a stillborn child never seeing the sun — a similar image of life failing to begin.
Deuteronomy 28:57 pictures a mother eating her own children during siege — a more extreme loss of children than mere childlessness here.
Amos 9:8 also speaks of God destroying the sinful kingdom, but adds a promise not to utterly destroy Jacob—a slight contrast to Hosea's unmitigated loss.
In Job 19:9, Job says God stripped his honor — a parallel to Ephraim's glory flying away in judgment.