Hosea 9:10-12

International Children’s Bible

¹⁰ “When I found Israel,
    it was like finding grapes in the desert.
Your ancestors were like
    finding the first figs on the tree.
But when they came to Baal Peor,
    they began worshiping an idol.
    They became as disgusting as the thing they worshiped.
¹¹ Israel’s glory will fly away like a bird.
    There will be no more pregnancies, no more births, no more babies.
¹² But even if the Israelites bring up children,
    I will take them all away.
How terrible it will be for them
    when I turn away from them!