Hosea 9:10-12

Easy-to-Read Version

Israel Is Ruined by Its Worship of Idols

¹⁰ “At the time I, the Lord, found Israel, they were like fresh grapes in the desert. They were like the first figs on a fig tree at the beginning of the season. But when they came to Baal Peor,^[a] they changed. So I had to cut them off like rotten fruit.^[b] They became like the terrible things that they loved.

The Israelites Will Have No Children

¹¹ “Like a bird, Ephraim’s glory will fly away. There will be no more pregnancies, no more births, and no more babies. ¹² But even if the Israelites do raise their children, it will not help, because I will take the children away from them. I will leave them, and they will have nothing but troubles.”