¹² Even if they rear children,
    I will bereave^(A) them of every one.
Woe^(B) to them
    when I turn away from them!^(C)
13 I have seen Ephraim,^(D) like Tyre,
    planted in a pleasant place.^(E)
But Ephraim will bring out
    their children to the slayer.”^(F)

¹⁴ Give them, Lord—
    what will you give them?
Give them wombs that miscarry
    and breasts that are dry.^(G)