As I watched Tyre, Ephraim was planted in a pleasant place. But Ephraim shall lead out his sons to the slayer.

Ephraim is stricken; their root is dried up; they shall bear no fruit. Yea, though they bear, yet I will kill the beloved ones of their womb.

But woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing babies in those days!

But woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing babies in those days!

But woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing babies in those days! For there will be great distress in the land and wrath upon this people.

For behold the days are coming in which they will say, Blessed are the barren, wombs that never bore, and breasts which never nursed.

I suppose therefore that this is good because of the present necessity; that it is good for a man to be thus:

Their bull has bred without failure; their cow calves and does not miscarry.