Hosea 9:12-17 ▼

12 Though they bring up their children, Yet I will bereave them until not a man is left. Surely, woe to them indeed when I depart from them!

13 Ephraim, as I have seen, Is planted in a pasture like Tyre; But Ephraim will bring out his children for killing.

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

15 All their evil is at Gilgal; Indeed, I came to hate them there! Because of the evil 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 will bear no fruit. Even though they bear children, I will put to death the desirable ones of their womb.

17 My God will despise them Because they have not listened to Him; And they will be those who flee among the nations.