¹⁰ “When I found Israel,
    it was like finding grapes in the desert;
when I saw your ancestors,
    it was like seeing the early fruit^(A) on the fig^(B) tree.
But when they came to Baal Peor,^(C)
    they consecrated themselves to that shameful idol^(D)
    and became as vile as the thing they loved.
¹¹ Ephraim’s glory^(E) will fly away like a bird^(F)—
    no birth, no pregnancy, no conception.^(G)
12 Even if they rear children,
    I will bereave^(H) them of every one.
Woe^(I) to them
    when I turn away from them!^(J)
13 I have seen Ephraim,^(K) like Tyre,
    planted in a pleasant place.^(L)
But Ephraim will bring out
    their children to the slayer.”^(M)

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

¹⁵ “Because of all their wickedness in Gilgal,^(O)
    I hated them there.
Because of their sinful deeds,^(P)
    I will drive them out of my house.
I will no longer love them;^(Q)
    all their leaders are rebellious.^(R)
16 Ephraim^(S) is blighted,
    their root is withered,
    they yield no fruit.^(T)
Even if they bear children,
    I will slay^(U) their cherished offspring.”