Dual Panel1Do not rejoice<8055>, O Israel<3478>, with exultation<1524> like the nations<5971>! For you have played<2181> the harlot<2181>, forsaking<4480><5921> your God<430>. You have loved<157> harlots' earnings<868> on every<3605> threshing<1637> floor<1637>.
2Threshing<1637> floor<1637> and wine<3342> press<3342> will not feed<7462> them, And the new<8492> wine<8492> will fail<3584> them.
3They will not remain<3427> in the LORD'S<3068> land<776>, But Ephraim<669> will return<7725> to Egypt<4714>, And in Assyria<804> they will eat<398> unclean<2931> food.
4They will not pour<5258> out drink<5258> offerings<5258> of wine<3196> to the LORD<3068>, Their sacrifices<2077> will not please<6149> Him. Their bread will be like mourners'<205> bread<3899>; All<3605> who eat<398> of it will be defiled<2930>, For their bread<3899> will be for themselves<5315> alone; It will not enter<935> the house<1004> of the LORD<3068>.
5What<4100> will you do<6213> on the day<3117> of the appointed<4150> festival<4150> And on the day<3117> of the feast<2282> of the LORD<3068>?
6For behold<2009>, they will go<1980> because<4480> of destruction<7701>; Egypt<4714> will gather<6908> them up, Memphis<4644> will bury<6912> them. Weeds<7057> will take<3423> over<3423> their treasures<4261> of silver<3701>; Thorns<2336> will be in their tents<168>.
7The days<3117> of punishment<6486> have come<935>, The days<3117> of retribution<7966> have come<935>; Let Israel<3478> know<3045> this! The prophet<5030> is a fool<191>, The inspired<7307> man<376> is demented<7696>, Because<5921> of the grossness<7230> of your iniquity<5771>, And because your hostility<4895> is so great<7227>.
8Ephraim<669> was a watchman<6822> with my God<430>, a prophet<5030>; Yet the snare<6341> of a bird<3352> catcher<3352> is in all<3605> his ways<1870>, And there is only hostility<4895> in the house<1004> of his God<430>.
9They have gone<6009> deep<6009> in depravity<7843> As in the days<3117> of Gibeah<1390>; He will remember<2142> their iniquity<5771>, He will punish<6485> their sins<2403>.
10I found<4672> Israel<3478> like grapes<6025> in the wilderness<4057>; I saw<7200> your forefathers<1> as the earliest<1063> fruit<1063> on the fig<8384> tree<8384> in its first<7225> season. But they came<935> to Baal-peor<1187> and devoted<5144> themselves to shame<1322>, And they became<1961> as detestable<8251> as that which<159> they loved<157>.
11As for Ephraim<669>, their glory<3519> will fly<5774> away<5774> like a bird<5775>-- No<4480> birth<3205>, no<4480> pregnancy<990> and no<4480> conception<2032>!
12Though<3588><518> they bring<1431> up their children<1121>, Yet I will bereave<7921> them until not a man<120> is left. Yes<3588>, woe<188> to them indeed<1571> when I depart<5493> from them!
13Ephraim<669>, as I have seen<7200>, Is planted<8362> in a pleasant meadow<5116> like Tyre<6865>; But Ephraim<669> will bring<3318> out his children<1121> for slaughter<2026>.
14Give<5414> them, O LORD<3068>--what<4100> will You give<5414>? Give<5414> them a miscarrying<7921> womb<7358> and dry<6784> breasts<7699>.
15All<3605> their evil<7463> is at Gilgal<1537>; Indeed<3588>, I came to hate<8130> them there<8033>! Because<5921> of the wickedness<7455> of their deeds<4611> I will drive<1644> them out of My house<1004>! I will love<157> them no<3808> more<3254>; All<3605> their princes<8269> are rebels<5637>.
16Ephraim<669> is stricken<5221>, their root<8328> is dried<3001> up, They will bear<6213> no<1097> fruit<6529>. Even<1571> though<3588> they bear<3205> children, I will slay<4191> the precious<4261> ones<4261> of their womb<990>.
17My God<430> will cast<3988> them away<3988> Because<3588> they have not listened<8085> to Him; And they will be wanderers<5074> among the nations<1471>.