Hosea 9:10-12

New International Version - UK

¹⁰ ‘When I found Israel,
    it was like finding grapes in the desert;
when I saw your ancestors,
    it was like seeing the early fruit on the fig-tree.
But when they came to Baal Peor,
    they consecrated themselves to that shameful idol
    and became as vile as the thing they loved.
¹¹ Ephraim’s glory will fly away like a bird –
    no birth, no pregnancy, no conception.
¹² Even if they bring up children,
    I will bereave them of every one.
Woe to them
    when I turn away from them!