Hosea 9:11-13

Contemporary English Version

¹¹ And so, Israel, your glory
    will fly away like birds—
your women will no longer
    be able to give birth.
¹² Even if you do have children,
I will take them all
    and leave you to mourn.
I will turn away,
and you will sink down
    in deep trouble.
¹³ Israel, when I first met you,
I thought of you as palm trees
    growing in fertile ground.^[a]
Now you lead your people out,
    only to be slaughtered.