9 ^aThey are deeply corrupted,
As in the days of ^bGibeah.
He will remember their iniquity;
He will punish their sins. ‡

10 “I found Israel
Like grapes in the ^awilderness;
I saw your fathers
As the ^bfirstfruits on the fig tree in its first season.
But they went to ^cBaal Peor,
And¹ separated themselves to that shame;
^dThey became an abomination like the thing they loved. ‡

12 Though they bring up their children,
Yet I will bereave them to the last man.
Yes, ^awoe to them when I depart from them! ‡

13 Just ^aas I saw Ephraim like Tyre, planted in a pleasant place,
So Ephraim will bring out his children to the murderer.” ‡