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¹⁰ Like grapes in the wilderness,
   I found Israel.
Like the first fruit on the fig tree,
   in its first season,
   I saw your ancestors.
But they came to Baal-peor,
   and consecrated themselves to a thing of shame,
   and became detestable like the thing they loved.
¹¹ Ephraim’s glory shall fly away like a bird—
   no birth, no pregnancy, no conception!
¹² Even if they bring up children,
   I will bereave them until no one is left.
Woe to them indeed
   when I depart from them!
¹³ Once I saw Ephraim as a young palm planted in a lovely meadow,^*
   but now Ephraim must lead out his children for slaughter.
¹⁴ Give them, O Lord—
   what will you give?
Give them a miscarrying womb
   and dry breasts.

¹⁵ Every evil of theirs began at Gilgal;
   there I came to hate them.
Because of the wickedness of their deeds
   I will drive them out of my house.
I will love them no more;
   all their officials are rebels.

¹⁶ Ephraim is stricken,
   their root is dried up,
   they shall bear no fruit.
Even though they give birth,
   I will kill the cherished offspring of their womb.
¹⁷ Because they have not listened to him,
   my God will reject them;
   they shall become wanderers among the nations.