Hosea 9:10–17
10 I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness;
I saw your fathers as bthe firstripe in the fig tree cat her first time:
But dthey went to eBaal-peor, and fseparated themselves unto gthat shame;
And htheir abominations were according as they loved.
11 As for Ephraim, itheir glory shall fly away like a bird,
jFrom the birth, and from the womb, and from the conception.
12 kThough they bring up their children,
Yet will I bereave them, that there shall not be a man left:
Yea, lwoe also to them mwhen I depart from them!
13 Ephraim, as I saw nTyrus, is planted in a pleasant place:
But Ephraim kshall bring forth his children to the murderer.
14 Give them, O Lord: what wilt thou give?
Give them oa †miscarrying womb and odry breasts.
15 All their wickedness is pin Gilgal: for there I hated them:
For the wickedness of their doings I will drive them out of mine house,
I will love them no more:
All qtheir princes are rrevolters.
16 Ephraim is smitten, jstheir root is dried up, they shall bear no fruit:
Yea, kthough they bring forth, yet will I slay even †the beloved fruit of their womb.
17 My God will cast them away, because they did not hearken unto him:
And tthey shall be wanderers among the nations.