9:11 Ephraim will be like a bird;
what they value 1 will fly away.
They will not bear children –
they will not enjoy pregnancy –
they will not even conceive! 2
9:12 Even if they raise their children,
I will take away every last one of them. 3
Woe to them!
For I will turn away from them.
9:13 Just as lion cubs are born predators, 4
so Ephraim will bear his sons for slaughter.
9:14 Give them, O Lord –
what will you give them?
Give them wombs that miscarry,
and breasts that cannot nurse! 5
9:15 Because of all their evil in Gilgal,
I hate them there.
On account of their evil deeds,
I will drive them out of my land. 6
I will no longer love them;
all their rulers are rebels.
9:16 Ephraim will be struck down 7 –
their root will be dried up;
they will not yield any fruit.
Even if they do bear children,
I will kill their precious offspring.
9:17 My God will reject them,
for they have not obeyed him;
so they will be fugitives among the nations.
10:15 So will it happen to you, O Bethel, 8
because of your great wickedness!
When that day dawns, 9
the king of Israel will be destroyed. 10
13:8 I will attack them like a bear robbed of her cubs –
I will rip open their chests.
I will devour them there like a lion –
like a wild animal would tear them apart.