Hosea 9:16–17

16 Ephraimx is blighted,

their root is withered,

they yield no fruit.y

Even if they bear children,

I will slayz their cherished offspring.”

17 My God will rejecta them

because they have not obeyedb him;

they will be wanderers among the nations.c

x	Ho 5:11
y	Job 15:32 Ho 8:7
z	Ho 9:12
a	Je 6:30
b	Ho 4:10
c	Dt 28:65 Ho 7:13