12 Ephraim’s guilt is preserved;
his sin is stored up.(A)
13 Labor pains come on him.(B)
He is not a wise son;(C)
when the time comes,
he will not be born.[a](D)

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Footnotes

  1. 13:13 Lit he will not present himself at the opening of the womb for sons

12 Ephraim’s wickedness is bound up;
        his sin is kept in store.
13 The pangs of a woman in childbirth come for him,
        but he is not aware of the time to be born;
    for at the proper time he doesn’t present himself
        at the mouth of the womb.

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