Hosea 9:16

16 	Ephraim is stricken;
		mtheir root is dried up;
		they shall bear no fruit.
	Even nthough they give birth,
		eI will put their beloved children to death.

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Hosea 9:12–13
Even if they bring up children, I will bereave them till none is left. Woe to them when I depart from them! Ephraim, as I have seen, was like a young palm planted in a meadow; but Ephraim must lead his children out to slaughter.

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