9. They have deeply corrupted themselves, as in the days of Gib‛ah. He remembers their crookedness, He punishes their sins.
10. “I found Yisra’ĕl like grapes in the wilderness. I saw your fathers as the first-fruits on the fig tree in its beginning. They themselves have gone to Ba‛al Pe‛or, and separated themselves to shame, and became as abominable as that which they loved.
11. “Ephrayim is like a bird, their esteem has flown away – no birth, and none with child, and no conception!
12. “Though they bring up their children, I shall make them childless, without man. For it is woe to them when I turn away from them!