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Hosea 4:7
The more priests there were, the more they sinned against me; they exchanged their glorious God for something disgraceful. (niv)
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Hosea 10:5
The people who live in Samaria fear for the calf-idol of Beth Aven. Its people will mourn over it, and so will its idolatrous priests, those who had rejoiced over its splendor, because it is taken from them into exile. (niv)
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Deuteronomy 28:18
The fruit of your womb will be cursed, and the crops of your land, and the calves of your herds and the lambs of your flocks. (niv)
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Hosea 9:14
Give them, Lord— what will you give them? Give them wombs that miscarry and breasts that are dry. (niv)
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Ecclesiastes 6:3
A man may have a hundred children and live many years; yet no matter how long he lives, if he cannot enjoy his prosperity and does not receive proper burial, I say that a stillborn child is better off than he. (niv)
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Luke 23:29
For the time will come when you will say,‘ Blessed are the childless women, the wombs that never bore and the breasts that never nursed!’ (niv)
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Genesis 41:52
The second son he named Ephraim and said,“ It is because God has made me fruitful in the land of my suffering.” (niv)
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Psalms 58:8
May they be like a slug that melts away as it moves along, like a stillborn child that never sees the sun. (niv)
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Amos 1:13
This is what the Lord says:“ For three sins of Ammon, even for four, I will not relent. Because he ripped open the pregnant women of Gilead in order to extend his borders, (niv)
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Genesis 48:16-20
the Angel who has delivered me from all harm— may he bless these boys. May they be called by my name and the names of my fathers Abraham and Isaac, and may they increase greatly on the earth.”When Joseph saw his father placing his right hand on Ephraim’s head he was displeased; so he took hold of his father’s hand to move it from Ephraim’s head to Manasseh’s head.Joseph said to him,“ No, my father, this one is the firstborn; put your right hand on his head.”But his father refused and said,“ I know, my son, I know. He too will become a people, and he too will become great. Nevertheless, his younger brother will be greater than he, and his descendants will become a group of nations.”He blessed them that day and said,“ In your name will Israel pronounce this blessing:‘ May God make you like Ephraim and Manasseh.’” So he put Ephraim ahead of Manasseh. (niv)
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Deuteronomy 33:17
In majesty he is like a firstborn bull; his horns are the horns of a wild ox. With them he will gore the nations, even those at the ends of the earth. Such are the ten thousands of Ephraim; such are the thousands of Manasseh.” (niv)
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Job 18:18-19
He is driven from light into the realm of darkness and is banished from the world.He has no offspring or descendants among his people, no survivor where once he lived. (niv)
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Genesis 49:22
“ Joseph is a fruitful vine, a fruitful vine near a spring, whose branches climb over a wall. (niv)
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Deuteronomy 28:57
the afterbirth from her womb and the children she bears. For in her dire need she intends to eat them secretly because of the suffering your enemy will inflict on you during the siege of your cities. (niv)
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Job 18:5
“ The lamp of a wicked man is snuffed out; the flame of his fire stops burning. (niv)