Hosea 9:10-12

New Century Version

¹⁰ “When I found Israel,
    it was like finding grapes in the desert.
Your ancestors were like
    finding the first figs on the fig tree.
But when they came to Baal Peor,
    they began worshiping an idol,
    and they became as hateful as the thing they worshiped.
¹¹ Israel’s glory will fly away like a bird;
    there will be no more pregnancy, no more births, no more getting pregnant.
¹² But even if the Israelites bring up children,
    I will take them all away.
How terrible it will be for them
    when I go away from them!