Hosea 9:8-12
Hosea 9:8
Ephraim was a watchman with my God, a prophet; Yet the snare of a bird catcher is in all his ways, And there is only hostility in the house of his God.
Hosea 9:9
They are deeply depraved As in the days of Gibeah; He will remember their guilt, He will punish their sins.
Hosea 9:10
I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness; I saw your forefathers as the earliest fruit on the fig tree in its first season. But they came to Baal-peor and devoted themselves to shame, And they became as detestable as that which they loved.
Hosea 9:11
As for Ephraim, their glory will fly away like a bird— No birth, no pregnancy, and no conception!
Hosea 9:12
Though they bring up their children, Yet I will bereave them of their children until not a person is left. Yes, woe to them indeed when I depart from them!