9. They are deeply corrupted,As in the days of Gibeah.He will remember their iniquity;He will punish their sins.
10. “I found IsraelLike grapes in the wilderness;I saw your fathersAs the firstfruits on the fig tree in its first season.But they went to Baal Peor,And separated themselves to that shame;They became an abomination like the thing they loved.
11. As for Ephraim, their glory shall fly away like a bird—No birth, no pregnancy, and no conception!
12. Though they bring up their children,Yet I will bereave them to the last man.Yes, woe to them when I depart from them!
13. Just as I saw Ephraim like Tyre, planted in a pleasant place,So Ephraim will bring out his children to the murderer.”