Hosea 9:11-17
11
Ephraim’s glory will fly away like a bird—
no birth, no pregnancy, no conception.
12
Even if they rear children,
I will bereave them of every one.
Woe to them
when I turn away from them!
13
I have seen Ephraim, like Tyre,
planted in a pleasant place.
But Ephraim will bring out
their children to the slayer.”
14
Give them, O Lord—
what will you give them?
Give them wombs that miscarry
and breasts that are dry.
15
“Because of all their wickedness in Gilgal,
I hated them there.
Because of their sinful deeds,
I will drive them out of my house.
I will no longer love them;
all their leaders are rebellious.
16
Ephraim is blighted,
their root is withered,
they yield no fruit.
Even if they bear children,
I will slay their cherished offspring.”
17
My God will reject them
because they have not obeyed him;
they will be wanderers among the nations.