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11 As for Ephraim, their glory shall fly away like a bird:
    no birth, no pregnancy, no conception!
12 Though they bring up their children,
    I will bereave them until none are left.
Woe to them indeed,
    when I depart from them!
13 Just as I saw Ephraim like Tyre,
    planted in a pleasant place,
so now Ephraim will bring out
    his children for slaughter.

14 Give them, O Lord
    what will You give?
Give them a miscarrying womb
    and dry breasts.

15 All their wickedness is in Gilgal,
    for there I hated them.
Because of the wickedness 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 shall bear no fruit.
Even though they give birth,
    I will slay the beloved offspring of their womb.

17 My God will reject them
    because they did not listen to Him,
    and they will be wanderers among the nations.

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