Hosea 9

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Israel’s Punishment

¹Do not rejoice, O Israel,

with exultation like the nations,

for you have played the harlot against your God;

you have made love for hire on every threshing floor.

¹Do not be glad, O Israel, with rejoicing, like peoples. For you have prostitute yourself against your God; you have made love for hire on all the floors of threshing.

²The threshing floor and winepress will not feed them,

and the new wine will fail them.

²The threshing floor and winepress will not feed them, and the new wine will fail in her.

³They will not remain

in the land of the LORD;

Ephraim^a will return to Egypt

and eat unclean food in Assyria.

³They will not dwell in the land of YHWH, and Ephraim will return to Egypt, and Assyria will eat unclean things.

⁴They will not pour out wine offerings to the LORD,

and their sacrifices will not please Him,

but will be to them like the bread of mourners;

all who eat will be defiled.

For their bread will be for themselves;

it will not enter the house of the LORD.

⁴They will not pour out wine to YHWH, and their sacrifices they will not be pleasng to Him—like the bread of mourners to them, all those eating it will be defiled. For their bread is for their own soul; it will not come into the house of YHWH!

⁵What will you do on the appointed day,

on the day of the LORD’s feast?

⁵What will you do on the day of the appointed feast, and on the day of the feast of YHWH?

⁶For even if they flee destruction,

Egypt will gather them

and Memphis will bury them.

Their precious silver will be taken over by thistles,

and thorns will overrun their tents.

⁶For behold, they go away from destruction. Egypt will gather them up, and Memphis will bury them! And the preciousness of their silver—the thistles will possess them, thorns in their tents.

⁷The days of punishment have come;

the days of retribution have arrived—

let Israel know it.

The prophet is called a fool,

and the inspired man insane,

because of the greatness

of your iniquity and hostility.

⁷The days of punishment have come in; the days of recompense have come in. let Israel knows the prophet is a fool, the man of the spirit is insane over the abundance of your iniquity, and the greatness of your hatred.

⁸The prophet is Ephraim’s watchman,

along with my God,^a

yet the snare of the fowler lies on all his paths.

Hostility is in the house of his God!

⁸The prophet, with my God, is the one watching Ephraim; a snare of a fowler is on all his paths; hostility is in the house of his God.

⁹They have deeply corrupted themselves

as in the days of Gibeah;

He will remember their guilt;

He will punish their sins.

⁹They have sunk deep, corrupting themselves, as in the days of Gibeah; He will remember their iniquity; He will attend to their sins.

¹⁰I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness.

I saw your fathers as the firstfruits

of the fig tree in its first season.

But they went to Baal-peor,

and consecrated themselves to Shame;

so they became as detestable

as the thing they loved.

¹⁰Like grapes in the wilderness, I found Israel; as the firstfruits on the fig tree in its first season, I saw your fathers. They went to Baal-peor and dedicated themselves to that shame, and they became as detestable as that which they loved!

¹¹Ephraim’s glory will fly away like a bird,

with no birth, no pregnancy, and no conception.

¹¹Ephraim, like a bird, their glory will fly away from the birth and from the belly and from conceiving.

¹²Even if they raise their children,

I will bereave them of each one.

Yes, woe be to them

when I turn away from them!

¹²Even if they bring up their sons, I will bereave them of each man. Yes indeed, woe to them, at My turning away from them!

¹³I have seen Ephraim, like Tyre,

planted in a meadow.

But Ephraim will bring out

his children for slaughter.

¹³Ephraim, as I have seen, like Tyre, is planted in a pleasant place; and Ephraim will bring out his children to one who slaughters.

¹⁴Give them, O LORD—

what will You give?

Give them wombs that miscarry

and breasts that dry up!

¹⁴Give to them, O YHWH, what will You give? Give to them a womb miscarrying, and breasts that are dry.

¹⁵All their evil appears at Gilgal,

for there I hated them.

I will drive them from My house

for the wickedness of their deeds.

I will no longer love them;

all their leaders are rebellious.

¹⁵All their evil is in Gilgal, for there I came to hate them, because of the evil of their deeds, I will drive them out from My house. I will not continue to love them; all their princes are rebellious.

¹⁶Ephraim is struck down;

their root is withered;

they cannot bear fruit.

Even if they bear children,

I will slay the darlings of their wombs.

¹⁶Ephraim is stricken, their root has withered; they will not bear fruit. Even if they give birth, I will kill the precious ones of their womb.

¹⁷My God will reject them

because they have not obeyed Him;

and they shall be wanderers

among the nations.

¹⁷My God will reject them, because they did not listen to Him, and they will be wanderers among the nations.