Hosea 9:11-13

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

¹¹ Ephraim’s glory shall fly away like a bird—
    no birth, no pregnancy, no conception!
¹² Even if they bring up children,
    I will bereave them until no one is left.
Woe to them indeed
    when I depart from them!
¹³ Once I saw Ephraim as a young palm planted in a lovely meadow,^[a]
    but now Ephraim must lead out his children for slaughter.