Hosea 9:12

9:12 Even if they raise their children,

I will take away every last one of them. ¹ 

Woe to them!

For I will turn away from them.

Hosea 9:16

9:16 Ephraim will be struck down ²  –

their root will be dried up;

they will not yield any fruit.

Even if they do bear children,

I will kill their precious offspring.

[9:12]  ¹ tn Heb “I will bereave them from a man”; NRSV “I will bereave them until no one is left.”

[9:16]  ² tn Or perhaps, following the plant metaphor, “will be blighted” (NIV similar).