Bible Browser

¹⁰Like 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.

¹¹Ephraim’s glory shall fly away like a bird— no birth, no pregnancy, no conception! ¹²Even if they bring up children, I will bereave them until no one is left. Woe to them indeed when I depart from them! ¹³Once I saw Ephraim as a young palm planted in a lovely meadow, but now Ephraim must lead out his children for slaughter. ¹⁴Give them, O Lord— what will you give? Give them a miscarrying womb and dry breasts. ¹⁵Every 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. ¹⁶Ephraim 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. ¹⁷Because they have not listened to him, my God will reject them; they shall become wanderers among the nations.