The glory of Ephraim will fly away like a bird no birth, no pregnancy, not even a conception.

Trembling like a bird, they will come out of Egypt, and as a dove from the land of Assyria; and I will settle them in their houses," declares the LORD.

Therefore they will be like morning clouds, like early morning dew that evaporates, like chaff blown away from the threshing floor, or like smoke from a chimney."

I will be like the dew to Israel; Israel will blossom like a lily, growing roots like the cedars of Lebanon.