Hosea 9:14
Give them, O Lord: what wilt thou give? give them a miscarrying womb and dry breasts.
Cross-references
Hosea 9:13 provides the grim reality (children killed) that prompts this prayer for miscarrying wombs.
Hosea 9:16 echoes the same curse: dried roots, no fruit, and children killed — reinforcing the prayer for barrenness.
Hosea 9:11 states the same curse: no birth, pregnancy, or conception—direct reinforcement.
Job 21:10 describes the wicked's prosperity with no miscarriages—directly opposite to the curse of miscarrying wombs here.
Matthew 24:19 laments pregnant and nursing women in tribulation — paralleling the horror this verse seeks to avoid by barrenness.
Mark 13:17 pronounces woe on pregnant and nursing women during distress — mirroring the desire for miscarrying wombs here.
Luke 21:23 warns of great distress for pregnant and nursing women — a parallel to the plea for dry breasts in this verse.
Luke 23:29 calls barren women blessed — directly echoing the desire for miscarrying wombs and dry breasts here.
Job 27:14 says the wicked's many children will be killed—a different judgment on offspring, still devastating.