11. Ephraim’s glory flies away like a bird— no birth, no pregnancy, no conception!
12. For if they should raise their children, I would make them childless to the last man. Yes, woe to them when I depart from them!
13. Ephraim, as I have seen, is like Tyre, planted in a meadow, but Ephraim will bring his children out to the slayer.”
14. Give them, Adonai, what will You give? Give them a miscarrying womb and dried up breasts.
15. “All their wickedness is at Gilgal, for there I despised them. Because of their wicked practices, I will drive them out of My House. I will love them no more. All their princes are rebellious.
16. Ephraim is blighted; their root is withered; they bear no fruit. Even if they bring forth children, I will slay the cherished ones in their wombs.”
17. My God will cast them off, since they did not listen to Him. So they will become wanderers among the nations.