For, behold, the days are coming, in the which they shall say, Blessed {are} the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the paps which never gave suck.

I suppose therefore that this is good for the present distress, {I say}, that {it is} good for a man so to be. {distress: or, necessity}

But woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck, in those days! for there shall be great distress in the land, and wrath upon this people.

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

Ephraim, as I saw Tyrus, {is} planted in a pleasant place: but Ephraim shall bring forth his children to the murderer.

And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days!

Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf.

But woe to them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days!

Ephraim is smitten, their root is dried up, they shall bear no fruit: yea, though they bring forth, yet will I slay {even} the beloved {fruit} of their womb. {the...: Heb. the desires}

And the men of the city said unto Elisha, Behold, I pray thee, the situation of this city {is} pleasant, as my lord seeth: but the water {is} naught, and the ground barren. {barren: Heb. causing to miscarry}

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

Why died I not from the womb? {why} did I {not} give up the ghost when I came out of the belly?

But woe to them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days!