11. Israel's greatness will fly away like a bird, and there will be no more children born to them, no more women pregnant, no more children conceived.
12. But even if they did bring up children, I would take them away and not leave one alive. When I abandon these people, terrible things will happen to them.”
13. Lord, I can see their children being hunted down and killed.
14. What shall I ask you to do to these people? Make their women barren! Make them unable to nurse their babies!
15. The Lord says, “All their evil-doing began in Gilgal. It was there that I began to hate them. And because of the evil they have done, I will drive them out of my land. I will not love them any more; all their leaders have rebelled against me.
16. The people of Israel are like a plant whose roots have dried up and which bears no fruit. They will have no children, but even if they did, I would kill the children so dear to them.”
17. The God I serve will reject his people, because they have not listened to him. They will become wanderers among the nations.