Hosea 9:10-12

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‘When I first found Israel, they gave me pleasure.
It was as if I had found grapes in the wilderness.
Your ancestors made me happy,
like the first fruit on a young fig tree.^[a]
But then they came to the god, Baal-Peor.^[b]
They began to worship that disgusting idol.
They became as disgusting as the idol that they loved so much.
¹¹ The great things that Israel enjoys will soon disappear.
They will be like birds that fly away!
The women of Israel will no longer give birth to children.
They will not even become pregnant.
¹² But even if they do have children,
I will cause them all to die so that none are still alive.
It will be a terrible time for the Israelites,
because I will turn away from them.