1Rejoice[H8055] not, O Israel[H3478], for joy[H1524], as other people[H5971]: for thou hast gone a whoring[H2181] from thy God[H430], thou hast loved[H157] a reward[H868] upon every cornfloor[H1637].
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The floor[H1637] and the winepress[H3342] shall not feed[H7462] them, and the new wine[H8492] shall fail[H3584] in her.
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They shall not dwell[H3427] in the LORD'S land[H776]; but Ephraim[H669] shall return[H7725] to Egypt[H4714], and they shall eat[H398]unclean[H2931] things in Assyria[H804].
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They shall not offer[H5258]wine[H3196] offerings to the LORD[H3068], neither shall they be pleasing[H6149] unto him: their sacrifices[H2077] shall be unto them as the bread[H3899] of mourners[H205]; all that eat[H398] thereof shall be polluted[H2930]: for their bread[H3899] for their soul[H5315] shall not come[H935] into the house[H1004] of the LORD[H3068].
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What will ye do[H6213] in the solemn[H4150]day[H3117], and in the day[H3117] of the feast[H2282] of the LORD?[H3068]
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For, lo, they are gone[H1980] because of destruction[H7701]: Egypt[H4714] shall gather them up[H6908], Memphis[H4644] shall bury[H6912] them: the pleasant[H4261] places for their silver[H3701], nettles[H7057] shall possess[H3423] them: thorns[H2336] shall be in their tabernacles[H168].
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The days[H3117] of visitation[H6486] are come[H935], the days[H3117] of recompence[H7966] are come[H935]; Israel[H3478] shall know[H3045] it: the prophet[H5030] is a fool[H191], the spiritual[H7307]man[H376] is mad[H7696], for the multitude[H7230] of thine iniquity[H5771], and the great[H7227]hatred[H4895].
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The watchman[H6822] of Ephraim[H669] was with my God[H430]: but the prophet[H5030] is a snare[H6341] of a fowler[H3352] in all his ways[H1870], and hatred[H4895] in the house[H1004] of his God[H430].
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They have deeply[H6009]corrupted[H7843] themselves, as in the days[H3117] of Gibeah[H1390]: therefore he will remember[H2142] their iniquity[H5771], he will visit[H6485] their sins[H2403].
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I found[H4672]Israel[H3478] like grapes[H6025] in the wilderness[H4057]; I saw[H7200] your fathers[H1] as the firstripe[H1063] in the fig tree[H8384] at her first time[H7225]: but they went[H935] to Baalpeor[H1187], and separated[H5144] themselves unto that shame[H1322]; and their abominations[H8251] were according as they loved[H157].
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As for Ephraim[H669], their glory[H3519] shall fly away[H5774] like a bird[H5775], from the birth[H3205], and from the womb[H990], and from the conception[H2032].
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Though they bring up[H1431] their children[H1121], yet will I bereave[H7921] them, that there shall not be a man[H120] left: yea, woe[H188] also to them when I depart[H5493] from them!
13Ephraim[H669], as I saw[H7200]Tyrus[H6865], is planted[H8362] in a pleasant place[H5116]: but Ephraim[H669] shall bring forth[H3318] his children[H1121] to the murderer[H2026].
14Give[H5414] them, O LORD[H3068]: what wilt thou give?[H5414]give[H5414] them a miscarrying[H7921]womb[H7358] and dry[H6784]breasts[H7699].
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All their wickedness[H7451] is in Gilgal[H1537]: for there I hated[H8130] them: for the wickedness[H7455] of their doings[H4611] I will drive them out[H1644] of mine house[H1004], I will love[H160] them no more[H3254]: all their princes[H8269] are revolters[H5637].
16Ephraim[H669] is smitten[H5221], their root[H8328] is dried up[H3001], they shall bear[H6213] no fruit[H6529]: yea, though they bring forth[H3205], yet will I slay[H4191] even the beloved[H4261]fruit[H6529] of their womb[H990].
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My God[H430] will cast them away[H3988], because they did not hearken[H8085] unto him: and they shall be wanderers[H5074] among the nations[H1471].