¹⁶ Ephraim is smitten, their root is dried·​·up, they shall not^▵ make fruit; even though^◦ they give·​·birth, yet will I put·​·to·​·death the desires of their belly.

¹⁵ Though thou^◦, Israel, commit·​·harlotry, yet let not Judah be·​·guilty; and come· you not ·to Gilgal, neither go· ye ·up to Beth-aven, nor promise, saying, As Jehovah lives.