9 ¹⁰ Like grapes in the wilderness,
I found Israel.
Like the first fruit on the fig tree,
in its first season,
I saw your fathers.
But they came to Ba'al-pe'or,
and consecrated themselves to Ba'al,
and became detestable like the thing they loved.
9 ¹¹ E'phraim's glory shall fly away like a bird -
no birth, no pregnancy, no conception!
9 ¹² Even if they bring up children,
I will bereave them till none is left.
Woe to them
when I depart from them!
9 ¹³ E'phraim's sons, as I have seen, are destined for a prey;
E'phraim must lead forth his sons to slaughter.
9 ¹⁴ Give them, O LORD -
what wilt thou give?
Give them a miscarrying womb
and dry breasts.