Chapter 9

Rejoice⁴ not, O Israel, for joy, as [other] people: for thou hast gone a whoring¹ from thy God, thou hast loved¹ a reward upon every cornfloor. ¹⁷¹⁵

The floor and the winepress shall not feed⁴ them, and the new wine shall fail¹⁷ in her.

They shall not dwell⁴ in the LORD'S land; but Ephraim shall return¹ to Egypt, and they shall eat⁴ unclean [things] in Assyria.

They shall not offer⁴ wine [offerings] to the LORD, neither shall they be pleasing⁴ unto him: their sacrifices [shall be] unto them as the bread of mourners; all that eat⁶ thereof shall be polluted:¹⁰¹ for their bread for their soul shall not come⁴ into the house of the LORD.

What will ye do⁴ in the solemn day, and in the day of the feast of the LORD?

For, lo, they are gone¹ because of destruction: Egypt shall gather them up,¹⁷ Memphis shall bury¹⁷ them: the pleasant [places] for their silver, nettles shall possess⁴ them: thorns [shall be] in their tabernacles.

The days of visitation are come,¹ the days of recompence are come;¹ Israel shall know⁴ [it]: the prophet [is] a fool, the spiritual man [is] mad,³⁰ for the multitude of thine iniquity, and the great hatred.

The watchman⁶ of Ephraim [was] with my God: [but] the prophet [is] a snare of a fowler in all his ways, [and] hatred in the house of his God.

They have deeply⁵² corrupted¹⁴ [themselves], as in the days of Gibeah: [therefore] he will remember⁴ their iniquity, he will visit⁴ their sins.

I found¹ Israel like grapes in the wilderness; I saw¹ your fathers as the firstripe in the fig tree at her first time: [but] they went¹ to Baalpeor, and separated¹¹ themselves unto [that] shame; and [their] abominations were according as they loved.²

[As for] Ephraim, their glory shall fly away¹¹³ like a bird, from the birth,² and from the womb, and from the conception.

Though they bring up¹⁷ their children, yet will I bereave¹⁴ them, [that there shall] not [be] a man [left]: yea, woe also to them when I depart² from them!

Ephraim, as I saw¹ Tyrus, [is] planted⁷ in a pleasant place: but Ephraim shall bring forth⁵³ his children to the murderer.⁶

Give³ them, O LORD: what wilt thou give?⁴ give³ them a miscarrying⁵⁶ womb and dry⁶ breasts.

All their wickedness [is] in Gilgal: for there I hated¹ them: for the wickedness of their doings I will drive them out¹⁷ of mine house, I will love them no more:⁵⁵ all their princes [are] revolters.⁶

Ephraim is smitten,⁹⁰ their root is dried up,¹ they shall bear⁴ no fruit: yea, though they bring forth,⁴ yet will I slay⁵² [even] the beloved [fruit] of their womb.

My God will cast them away,⁴ because they did not hearken¹ unto him: and they shall be wanderers⁶ among the nations.