⁹ May his children be orphans
    and his wife a widow.^(A)
10 May his children wander about and beg;
    may they be driven out of^[a] the ruins they inhabit.
¹¹ May the creditor seize all that he has;
    may strangers plunder the fruits of his toil.^(B)
12 May there be no one to do him a kindness
    nor anyone to pity his orphaned children.^(C)
13 May his posterity be cut off;
    may his name be blotted out in the second generation.^(D)
14 May the iniquity of his father^[b] be remembered before the Lord,
    and do not let the sin of his mother be blotted out.^(E)
15 Let them be before the Lord continually,
    and may his^[c] memory be cut off from the earth.^(F)

¹⁷ Though the fig tree does not blossom
    and no fruit is on the vines;
though the produce of the olive fails
    and the fields yield no food;
though the flock is cut off from the fold
    and there is no herd in the stalls,^(A)

¹¹ Ephraim’s glory shall fly away like a bird—
    no birth, no pregnancy, no conception!^(A)
12 Even if they bring up children,
    I will bereave them until no one is left.
Woe to them indeed
    when I depart from them!^(B)
13 Once I saw Ephraim as a young palm planted in a lovely meadow,^[a]
    but now Ephraim must lead out his children for slaughter.^(C)
14 Give them, O Lord—
    what will you give?
Give them a miscarrying womb
    and dry breasts.