Osee 9:14
Give them, O Lord. What wilt thou give them? Give them a womb without children, and dry breasts.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Da eis, Domine. Quid dabis eis ? da eis vulvam sine liberis, et ubera arentia.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- δὸς αὐτοῖς, Κύριε· τί δώσεις αὐτοῖς; μήτραν ἀτεκνοῦσαν καὶ μαστοὺς ξηρούς.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- תֵּן לָהֶ֥ם יְהוָ֖ה מַה תִּתֵּ֑ן תֵּן לָהֶם֙ רֶ֣חֶם מַשְׁכִּ֔יל וְשָׁדַ֖יִם צֹמְקִֽים
Haydock's commentary
Children, as they have exposed them to the fury of the Assyrians, (Calmet) or to their idols. (Drusius)
The prophet appears to demand vengeance through zeal; but it is only a prediction. (Calmet)
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.