Hosea 9:16
Context9:16 Ephraim will be struck down 1 –
their root will be dried up;
they will not yield any fruit.
Even if they do bear children,
I will kill their precious offspring.
Hosea 10:1
ContextIsrael is Guilty of Fertility Cult Worship
10:1 Israel was a fertile vine
that yielded fruit.
As his fruit multiplied,
he multiplied altars to Baal. 2
As his land prospered,
they adorned the fertility pillars.


[9:16] 1 tn Or perhaps, following the plant metaphor, “will be blighted” (NIV similar).
[10:1] 2 tn The phrase “to Baal” does not appear in the Hebrew text here, but is implied; it is supplied in the translation for the sake of clarity. Cf. NCV “altars for idols”; NLT “altars of their foreign gods.”