Dual Panel1O Israel <03478>, do not <0408> rejoice <08055> jubilantly <01524> like the nations <05971>, for <03588> you are unfaithful <02181> to <05921> your God <0430>. You love <0157> to receive a prostitute's wages <0868> on <05921> all <03605> the floors where you thresh <01637> your grain <01715>.
2Threshing floors <01637> and wine vats <03342> will not <03808> feed <07462> the people, and new wine <08492> only deceives <03584> them.
3They will not <03808> remain <03427> in the Lord’s <03069> land <0776>. Ephraim <0669> will return <07725> to Egypt <04714>; they will eat <0398> ritually unclean <02931> food in Assyria <0804>.
4They will not <03808> pour out <05258> drink offerings of wine <03196> to the Lord <03068>; they will not <03808> please <06148> him with their sacrifices <02077>. Their sacrifices will be like bread <03899> eaten while in mourning <0205>; all <03605> those who eat <0398> them will make <02930> themselves ritually unclean <02930>. For <03588> their bread <03899> will be only to satisfy their appetite <05315>; it will not <03808> come <0935> into the temple <01004> of the Lord <03068>.
5So what <04100> will you do <06213> on <03117> the festival <02282> day <03117>, on the festival <04150> days <03117> of the Lord <03068>?
6Look <02009>! Even if <03588> they flee <01980> from the destruction <07701>, Egypt <04714> will take hold <06908> of them, and Memphis <04644> will bury <06912> them. The weeds <07057> will inherit <03423> the silver <03701> they treasure <04261>– thorn <02336> bushes will occupy their homes <0168>.
7The time <03117> of judgment <06486> is about to arrive <0935>! The time <03117> of retribution <07966> is imminent! Let Israel <03478> know <03045>! The prophet <05030> is considered a fool <0191>– the inspired <07307> man <0376> is viewed as a madman <07696>– because of the multitude <07230> of your sins <05771> and your intense <07227> animosity <04895>.
8The prophet <05030> is a watchman <06822> over Ephraim <0669> on behalf of <05973> God <0430>, yet traps <06341> are laid for <05921> him along all <03605> of his paths <01870>; animosity rages <04895> against him in the land <01004> of his God <0430>.
9They have sunk deep <06009> into corruption <07843> as in the days <03117> of Gibeah <01390>. He will remember <02142> their wrongdoing <05771>. He will repay <06485> them for their sins <02403>.
10When I found <04672> Israel <03478>, it was like finding <01063> grapes <06025> in the wilderness <04057>. I viewed <07200> your ancestors <01> like an early fig on a fig tree <08384> in its first season <07225>. Then they <01992> came <0935> to Baal-Peor <01187> and they dedicated <05144> themselves to shame <01322>– they became <01961> as detestable <08251> as what they loved <0157>.
11Ephraim <0669> will be like a bird <05775>; what they value <03519> will fly away <05774>. They will not bear <03205> children– they will not enjoy pregnancy <0990>– they will not even conceive <02032>!
12Even <03588> if <0518> they raise <01431> their children <01121>, I will take away every last one <07921> of them <0120>. Woe <0188> to them! For <03588> I will turn away <05493> from them <01992>.
13Just as lion cubs are born predators, so Ephraim <0669> will bear <03318> his sons <01121> for slaughter <02026>.
14Give <05414> them, O Lord <03068>– what <04100> will you give <05414> them? Give <05414> them wombs <07358> that miscarry <07921>, and breasts <07699> that cannot nurse <06784>!
15Because <03588> of all <03605> their evil <07451> in Gilgal <01537>, I hate <08130> them there <08033>. On <05921> account of their evil <07455> deeds <04611>, I will drive <01644> them out <01644> of my land <01004>. I will no <03808> longer <03254> love <0160> them; all <03605> their rulers <08269> are rebels <05637>.
16Ephraim <0669> will be struck down <05221>– their root <08328> will be dried <03001> up; they will not <01077> yield <01097> any fruit <06529>. Even if <01571> they do bear children <03205>, I will kill <04191> their precious <04261> offspring <0990>.
17My God <0430> will reject <03988> them, for <03588> they have not <03808> obeyed <08085> him; so they will be <01961> fugitives <05074> among the nations <01471>.