⁷ I will winnow^(A) them with a winnowing fork
    at the city gates of the land.
I will bring bereavement^(B) and destruction on my people,^(C)
    for they have not changed their ways.^(D)

² I will send foreigners^(A) to Babylon
    to winnow^(B) her and to devastate her land;
they will oppose her on every side
    in the day^(C) of her disaster.

¹⁶ You will winnow^(A) them, the wind will pick them up,
    and a gale^(B) will blow them away.^(C)
But you will rejoice^(D) in the Lord
    and glory^(E) in the Holy One^(F) of Israel.

¹³ But the people have not returned^(A) to him who struck^(B) them,
    nor have they sought^(C) the Lord Almighty.

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)

²¹ So give their children over to famine;^(A)
    hand them over to the power of the sword.^(B)
Let their wives be made childless and widows;^(C)
    let their men be put to death,
    their young men^(D) slain by the sword in battle.

“‘When people fall down, do they not get up?^(A)
    When someone turns away,^(B) do they not return?
⁵ Why then have these people turned away?
    Why does Jerusalem always turn away?
They cling to deceit;^(C)
    they refuse to return.^(D)

³ Lord, do not your eyes^(A) look for truth?
    You struck^(B) them, but they felt no pain;
    you crushed them, but they refused correction.^(C)
They made their faces harder than stone^(D)
    and refused to repent.^(E)