Ephraim’s greatness and glory will be gone. It will fly away like a bird. Women will no longer have children. They will not be able to get pregnant.

至于以法莲人，他们的荣耀必如鸟飞去，必不生产，不怀胎，不成孕。

以法莲，他们的荣耀如鸟飞去，必不生产，不怀胎，不成孕；

以法莲，他们的荣耀如鸟飞去，必不生产，不怀胎，不成孕；

以法莲人的荣耀要如鸟飞逝，你们将不能受孕，不能怀胎，也不能生育。

至于以法莲，他们的荣耀必如鸟儿飞逝；没有生育，没有怀胎，没有成孕。

至於以法蓮人，他們的榮耀必如鳥飛去，必不生產，不懷胎，不成孕。

以法蓮，他們的榮耀如鳥飛去，必不生產，不懷胎，不成孕；

以法蓮，他們的榮耀如鳥飛去，必不生產，不懷胎，不成孕；

以法蓮人的榮耀要如鳥飛逝，你們將不能受孕，不能懷胎，也不能生育。

至於以法蓮，他們的榮耀必如鳥兒飛逝；沒有生育，沒有懷胎，沒有成孕。

以法蓮呢——他們的榮耀必像鳥兒飛去：沒有生產、沒有懷胎、沒有成孕。

以法蓮之榮光將去、若鳥之飛、不產不胎、不懷孕、

以法蓮人不懷妊、不生產、榮光將失、若鳥速飛、

以法蓮之榮光、若鳥飛去、生子即喪、懷胎遂墜、並無有孕、生子即喪懷胎遂墜並無有孕原文作不產不胎不孕

Ephraim’s glory will fly away like a bird— no birth, no pregnancy, no conception.

Ephraim’s glory shall fly away like a bird— no birth, no pregnancy, no conception!

The glory of Israel will fly away like a bird, for your children will not be born or grow in the womb or even be conceived.

Ephraim’s glory will fly away like a bird: no birth, no pregnancy, no conception.

As for Ephraim, their glory will fly away like a bird— No birth, no pregnancy, and no conception!

As for Ephraim, their glory shall fly away like a bird— No birth, no pregnancy, and no conception!

As for Ephraim, their glory shall fly away like a bird: there shall be no birth, and none with child, and no conception.

Ephraim’s glory will fly away like a bird: no birth, no gestation, no conception.

[ As for] Ephraim, their glory shall fly away like a bird, from the birth, and from the womb, and from the conception.

Ephraim will be like a bird; what they value will fly away. They will not bear children– they will not enjoy pregnancy– they will not even conceive!

As for Ephraim, their glory will fly away like a bird. There will be no birth, no one with child, and no conception.

The more priests there were, the more they sinned against me. They have traded their glorious God for that shameful god named Baal.

The people who live in Samaria are filled with fear. They are afraid for their god that looks like a calf. They’re afraid it will be carried off from Beth Aven, that evil town. They will mourn over it. So will the priests who led them to worship it. The priests were full of joy because their statue was so glorious. But it will be captured and taken far away from them.

Your children will be cursed. Your crops will be cursed. Your calves and lambs will be cursed.

Lord, what should you do to Ephraim’s people? Give them women whose babies die before they are born. Give them women whose breasts have no milk.

A man might have a hundred children. He might live a long time. But suppose he can’t enjoy his wealth. And suppose he isn’t buried in the proper way. Then it doesn’t matter how long he lives. I’m telling you that a baby that is born dead is better off than that man is.

The time will come when you will say,‘ Blessed are the women who can’t have children! Blessed are those who never gave birth or nursed babies!’

He named the second son Ephraim. That’s because he said,“ God has given me children in the land where I’ve suffered so much.”

Let them be like a slug that melts away as it moves along. Let them be like a baby that is born dead and never sees the sun.

The Lord says,“ The people of Ammon have sinned again and again. So I will judge them. They ripped open the pregnant women in Gilead. They wanted to add land to their territory.

He is the Angel who has saved me from all harm. May he bless these boys. May they be called by my name. May they also be called by the names of my grandfather Abraham and my father Isaac. And may the number of them greatly increase on the earth.”Joseph saw his father putting his right hand on Ephraim’s head. And Joseph didn’t like it. So he took hold of his father’s hand to move it over to Manasseh’s head.Joseph said to him,“ No, my father. Here’s my older son. Put your right hand on his head.”But his father wouldn’t do it. He said,“ I know, my son. I know. He too will become a nation. He too will become great. But his younger brother will be greater than he is. His children after him will become a group of nations.”On that day, Jacob gave them his blessing. He said,“ The people of Israel will bless others in your name. They will say,‘ May God make you like Ephraim and Manasseh.’ ” So he put Ephraim ahead of Manasseh.

His glory is like the glory of a bull born first to its mother. His horns are like the horns of a wild ox. He will use them to destroy the nations. He’ll wipe out the nations that are very far away. The ten thousands of men in Ephraim’s army are like the bull and the ox. So are the thousands in the army of Manasseh.”

They are driven from light into the place of darkness. They are thrown out of the world.Their family dies out among their people. No one is left where they used to live.

“ Joseph is a vine that grows a lot of fruit. It grows close by a spring. Its branches climb over a wall.

She will eat what comes out of her body after she has a baby. Then she’ll even eat her baby. She won’t share it with anyone in her family. In her great hunger she’ll plan to eat it in secret. There won’t be anything else for her to eat because the city she lives in will be surrounded. That’s an example of how much your enemies will make you suffer when they are attacking your cities.

“ The lamps of sinful people are blown out. Their flames will never burn again.