Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

As for Ephraim, their glory shall fly away like a bird, from the birth, and from the womb, and from the conception.

Bible References

Their

Genesis 41:52
The name of the second, he called Ephraim: "For God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction."
Genesis 48:16
the angel who has redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads, and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac. Let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth."
Genesis 49:22
"Joseph is a fruitful vine, a fruitful vine by a spring. His branches run over the wall.
Deuteronomy 33:17
The firstborn of his herd, majesty is his. His horns are the horns of the wild ox. With them he shall push all of the peoples, to the ends of the earth: They are the ten thousands of Ephraim. They are the thousands of Manasseh."
Job 18:5
"Yes, the light of the wicked shall be put out, The spark of his fire shall not shine.

From the birth

Psalm 58:8
Let them be like a snail which melts and passes away, like the stillborn child, who has not seen the sun.
Ecclesiastes 6:3
If a man fathers a hundred children, and lives many years, so that the days of his years are many, but his soul is not filled with good, and moreover he has no burial; I say, that a stillborn child is better than he:
Amos 1:13
Thus says the LORD: "For three transgressions of the children of Ammon, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; because they have ripped open the pregnant women of Gilead, that they may enlarge their border.

From the womb

Hosea 9:14
Give them?LORD what will you give? Give them a miscarrying womb and dry breasts.
Deuteronomy 28:18
The fruit of your body, the fruit of your ground, the increase of your livestock, and the young of your flock shall be cursed.
Luke 23:29
For look, the days are coming in which they will say, 'Blessed are the barren, the wombs that never bore, and the breasts that never nursed.'