aDo not rejoice, O Israel
, 1with exultation
like the 2nations
! For you have bplayed
the harlot
, 3forsaking
your God
. You have loved
harlots' earnings
on 4every
threshing
floor
.
Threshing floor
and wine
press
will anot feed
them, And the new
wine
will fail
1them.
They will not remain in athe LORD'S
land
, But Ephraim
will return
to bEgypt
, And in cAssyria
they will eat
dunclean
food.
They will not pour out drink
offerings
of awine
to the LORD
, bTheir sacrifices
will not please
Him. Their bread will 1be like 2mourners'
bread
; All
who eat
of it will be cdefiled
, For their bread
will be for 3themselves
alone; It will not enter
the house
of the LORD
.
aWhat will you do
on the day
of the appointed
festival
And on the day
of the bfeast
of the LORD
?
For behold, they will go
because
of destruction
; Egypt
will gather
them up, aMemphis
will bury
them. Weeds
will take
over
their treasures
of silver
; bThorns
will be in their tents
.
The days of apunishment
have come
, The days
of bretribution
have come
; 1Let Israel
know
this! The prophet
is a cfool
, The 2inspired
man
is ddemented
, Because
of the grossness
of your einiquity
, And because your hostility
is so great
.
Ephraim was a watchman
with my God
, a prophet
; Yet the snare
of a bird
catcher
is in all
his ways
, And there is only hostility
in the house
of his God
.
They have gone adeep
1in depravity
As in the days
of bGibeah
; He will cremember
their iniquity
, He will punish
their sins
.
I found Israel
like agrapes
in the wilderness
; I saw
your forefathers
as the bearliest
fruit
on the fig
tree
in its first
season. But they came
to cBaal-peor
and devoted
themselves to 1 dshame
, And they became
as edetestable
as that which
they loved
.
As for Ephraim, their aglory
will fly
away
like a bird
-- No
birth
, no
pregnancy
and no
conception
!
Though they bring
up their children
, Yet I will bereave
them 1until not a man
is left. Yes
, awoe
to them indeed
when I depart
from them!
Ephraim, as I have seen
, Is planted
in a pleasant meadow
like aTyre
; But Ephraim
will bring
out his children
for slaughter
.
Give them, O LORD
--what
will You give
? Give
them a amiscarrying
womb
and dry
breasts
.
All their evil
is at aGilgal
; Indeed
, I came to hate
them there
! Because
of the bwickedness
of their deeds
I will drive
them out of My house
! I will love
them no
more
; All
their princes
are crebels
.
aEphraim is stricken
, their root
is dried
up, They will bear
bno
fruit
. Even
though
they bear
children, I will slay
the cprecious
ones
of their womb
.
My God will cast
them away
Because
they have anot listened
to Him; And they will be bwanderers
among the nations
.