12 Even if they bring up children,
    I will bereave them of every one.
Woe to them
    when I turn away from them!
13 I have seen Ephraim, like Tyre,
    planted in a pleasant place.
But Ephraim will bring out
    their children to the slayer.’

14 Give them, Lord –
    what will you give them?
Give them wombs that miscarry
    and breasts that are dry.

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