³ They shall not remain in ^(A)the land of the Lord,
    but ^(B)Ephraim shall return to Egypt,
    and ^(C)they shall eat unclean food in Assyria.

^9 (A)They have deeply corrupted themselves
    as ^(B)in the days of Gibeah:
^(C)he will remember their iniquity;
    he will punish their sins.

¹¹ Ephraim's ^(A)glory shall fly away like a bird—
    ^(B)no birth, no pregnancy, no conception!
^12 (C)Even if they bring up children,
    I will bereave them till none is left.
^(D)Woe to them
    when ^(E)I depart from them!
¹³ Ephraim, ^(F)as I have seen, was like a young palm^[a] planted in a meadow;
    but ^(G)Ephraim must lead his children out to slaughter.^[b]