⁸ Ép-ra-im là kẻ rình nghịch cùng Ðức Chúa Trời ta; còn kẻ tiên tri là lưới bắt chim trên mọi đường lối mình, nó là sự ghen ghét trong nhà Ðức Chúa Trời mình.

⁷ "Before she travailed, she brought forth; before her pain came, she delivered a son.

⁸ Who has heard such a thing? who has seen such things? Shall a land be born in one day? shall a nation be brought forth at once? for as soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth her children.

⁹ Shall I bring to the birth, and not cause to bring forth?" says Yahweh: "shall I who cause to bring forth shut [the womb]?" says your God.