Ephraim shall be a desolation in the day of rebuke: among the tribes of Israel have I made known that which is sure.

They are all hot as an oven, and devour their judges; all their kings are fallen: there is none among them that calleth unto me.

Israel is swallowed up: now are they become among the nations as a vessel wherein is no pleasure.

Although they hire among the nations, now will I gather them, and they shall begin to be straitened under the burden of the king of princes.

My God hath rejected them, because they hearkened not unto him; and they shall be wanderers among the nations.

And a tumult shall arise among thy peoples, and all thy fortresses shall be spoiled, as Shalman spoiled Beth-arbel in the day of battle: the mother was dashed in pieces with the children.

Though he be fruitful among his brethren, an east wind shall come, a wind of Jehovah that cometh up from the wilderness, and his spring shall become dry, and his fountain shall be dried up: he shall spoil the treasure of all pleasant vessels.