13. I have seen Ephraim, like Tyre,planted in a pleasant place.But Ephraim will bring outtheir children to the slayer.’
14. Give them, Lord –what will you give them?Give them wombs that miscarryand 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 thembecause they have not obeyed him;they will be wanderers among the nations.