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)

¹⁵ “Because of all their wickedness in Gilgal,^(H)
    I hated them there.
Because of their sinful deeds,^(I)
    I will drive them out of my house.
I will no longer love them;^(J)
    all their leaders are rebellious.^(K)
16 Ephraim^(L) is blighted,
    their root is withered,
    they yield no fruit.^(M)
Even if they bear children,
    I will slay^(N) their cherished offspring.”

¹⁷ My God will reject^(O) them
    because they have not obeyed^(P) him;
    they will be wanderers among the nations.^(Q)

¹⁴ For I will be like a lion^(A) to Ephraim,
    like a great lion to Judah.
I will tear them to pieces^(B) and go away;
    I will carry them off, with no one to rescue them.^(C)

⁶     my people are destroyed from lack of knowledge.^(A)

“Because you have rejected knowledge,
    I also reject you as my priests;
because you have ignored the law^(B) of your God,
    I also will ignore your children.