12 Even though they bring up their children, I will bereave them before maturity. Woe to them indeed, when I depart from them!
13 Ephraim, as I see it, is like a palm in a meadow; but Ephraim must bring out his children to the slayer.
14 Give them, O Yahweh— what will you give them? Give them a miscarrying womb and dry breasts.
15 Every evil of theirs began at Gilgal, so I began to hate them there; because of the evil of their deeds I will drive them out from my house. I will love them no more; all their officials are rebels.
16 Ephraim is stricken, their root is dried up, they shall not bear fruit. Even if they give birth, I will kill the cherished offspring of their womb.
17 My God will reject them because they did not listen to him, and they will be wanderers among the nations.