¹² Ephraim’s guilt is preserved;
his sin is stored up.^(A)

¹³ Labor pains come on him.^(A)
He is not a wise son;^(B)
when the time comes,
he will not be born.^[a](C)

¹⁵ Although he flourishes among his brothers,^[a](A)
an east wind will come,^(B)
a wind from the Lord rising up from the desert.
His water source will fail,
and his spring will run dry.^(C)
The wind^[b] will plunder the treasury^(D)
of every precious item.