Hosea 9:14-16

International Children’s Bible

¹⁴ Lord, give them what they should have.
    What will you give them?
    Make their women unable to have children.
    Give them breasts that cannot feed their babies.

¹⁵ “The Israelites were wicked in Gilgal,
    so I began to hate them there.
Because of the sinful things they have done,
    I will force them to leave my land.
I will no longer love them.
    Their leaders have turned against me.
¹⁶ Israel is like a sick plant.
    Its root is dying, and it has no fruit.
So the people will have no more children.
    And if they did, I would kill the children they love.”