Ephraim will be a desolation in the day of punishment; among the tribes of Israel I will reveal what is true.

What will I do with you, Ephraim? What will I do with you, Judah? Your love [is] like a morning cloud, like the dew that goes away early in the morning.

What will you do on the day of [the] appointed time, and on the day of the festival of Yahweh?

Give them, Yahweh-- what will you give [them]? Give them a miscarrying womb and dry breasts.

For now they will say, "We have no king; indeed, we did not fear Yahweh, and what can a king do for us?"

Ephraim, {what have I to do} with idols? I myself have answered and looked after you. I am like a luxuriant cypress; your fruit comes from me.