10I made discovery of Israel as of grapes in the waste land; I saw your fathers as the first-fruits of the fig-tree in her early fruit time; but they came to Baal-peor, and made themselves holy to the thing of shame, and became disgusting like that to which they gave their love.
11As for Ephraim, their glory will go in flight like a bird: there will be no birth and no one with child and no giving of life.
12Even though their children have come to growth I will take them away, so that not a man will be there; for their evil-doing will be complete and they will be put to shame because of it.
13As I have seen a beast whose young have been taken from her, so Ephraim will give birth to children only for them to be put to death.
14O Lord, what will you give them? Give them bodies which may not give birth and breasts without milk.
15All their evil-doing is in Gilgal; there I had hate for them; because of their evil-doing I will send them out of my house; they will no longer be dear to me; all their rulers are uncontrolled.
16The rod has come on Ephraim, their root is dry, let them have no fruit; even though they give birth, I will put to death the dearest fruit of their bodies.
