^{11 Ref} As for Ephraim, their glory will go in flight like a bird: there will be no birth and no one with child and no giving of life.

^{12 Ref} Even though their children have come to growth I will take them away, so that not a man will be there; for their evil-doing will be complete and they will be put to shame because of it.

^{13 Ref} As I have seen a beast whose young have been taken from her, so Ephraim will give birth to children only for them to be put to death.