Hosea 9:14-16

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¹⁴Lord, give them what you will. Give them a womb that loses babies and breasts that cannot give milk.

¹⁵All their evil is in Gilgal;
    I began hating them there.
I will force them to leave my house
    because of the evil things they do.
I will not love them anymore.
    Their leaders are rebels who turned against me.
¹⁶Ephraim will be punished.
    Their root is dying.
    They will not have any more babies.
They might give birth to babies,
    but I will kill the precious babies who come from their bodies.