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Hosea 9:11 - 9:17

11
As for Ephraim, their glory will fly away like a bird—
No birth, no pregnancy, and no conception!
12
Though they bring up their children,
Yet I will bereave them until not a man is left.
Surely, woe to them indeed when I depart from them!
13
Ephraim, as I have seen,
Is planted in a pasture like Tyre;
But Ephraim will bring out his children for killing.
14
Give them, O Yahweh—what will You give?
Give them a miscarrying womb and dry breasts.

15
All their evil is at Gilgal;
Indeed, I came to hate them there!
Because of the evil of their deeds
I will drive them out of My house!
I will love them no more;
All their princes are rebels.
16
Ephraim is stricken; their root is dried up;
They will bear no fruit.
Even though they bear children,
I will put to death the desirable ones of their womb.
17
My God will despise them
Because they have not listened to Him;
And they will be those who flee among the nations.