12. And even if they should nurture their sons, I will make them without children among men. Yes, and woe to them, when I have withdrawn from them.
13. Ephraim, as I see it, was a Tyre, founded by beauty. And Ephraim will lead his sons to execution.
14. Give them, O Lord. What will you give them? Give them a womb without children, and dry breasts.
15. All their wickedness is in Gilgal, for I held them there, in their hatred. Because of the malice of their inventions, I will expel them from my house. I will no longer say that I love them; all their leaders have retreated.
16. Ephraim has been struck; their root has been dried out: by no means will they yield fruit. And even if they should conceive, I will execute the most beloved of their womb.
17. My God will cast them aside because they have not listened to him; and they will be wanderers among the nations.