Hosea 9

1RejoiceH8055 not, O IsraelH3478, for joy, like the peoplesH5971; for thou hast playedH2181 the harlot, departing from thy GodH430; thou hast lovedH157 hireH868 upon every grain-floor. 2The threshing-floor and the winepressH3342 shall not feedH7462 them, and the newH8492 wineH8492 shall fail her. 3They shall not dwellH3427 in Jehovah’s landH776; but EphraimH669 shall returnH7725 to EgyptH4714, and they shall eatH398 uncleanH2931 food in AssyriaH804. 4They shall not pourH5258 out wine-offerings to Jehovah, neither shall they be pleasing unto him: their sacrificesH2077 shall be unto them as the breadH3899 of mourners; all that eatH398 thereof shall be polluted; for their breadH3899 shall be for their appetiteH5315; it shall not comeH935 into the houseH1004 of Jehovah. 5What will ye do in the dayH3117 of solemn assembly, and in the dayH3117 of the feastH2282 of Jehovah? 6For, lo, they are goneH1980 away from destructionH7701; yet EgyptH4714 shall gatherH6908 them up, Memphis shall buryH6912 them; their pleasant thingsH4261 of silverH3701, nettlesH7057 shall possessH3423 them; thornsH2336 shall be in their tentsH168. 7The daysH3117 of visitation are comeH935, the daysH3117 of recompense are comeH935; IsraelH3478 shall knowH3045 it: the prophetH5030 is a foolH191, the manH376 that hath the spiritH7307 is madH7696, for the abundanceH7230 of thine iniquityH5771, and because the enmity is greatH7227. 8EphraimH669 was a watchmanH6822 with my GodH430: as for the prophetH5030, a fowler’s snareH6341 is in all his waysH1870, and enmity in the houseH1004 of his GodH430. 9They have deeply corruptedH7843 themselves, as in the daysH3117 of GibeahH1390: he will rememberH2142 their iniquityH5771, he will visitH6485 their sinsH2403.

10I foundH4672 IsraelH3478 like grapes in the wildernessH4057; I sawH7200 your fathersH1 as the first-ripe in the fig-tree at its firstH7225 season: but they cameH935 to Baal-peorH1187, and consecrated themselves unto the shamefulH1322 thingH1322, and becameH1961 abominable like that which they lovedH157. 11As for EphraimH669, their gloryH3519 shall flyH5774 away like a birdH5775: there shall be no birthH3205, and none with childH3205, and no conceptionH2032. 12Though they bringH1431 up their children, yet will I bereaveH7921 them, so that not a manH120 shall be left: yea, woeH188 alsoH1571 to them when I departH5493 from them! 13EphraimH669, like as I have seenH7200 TyreH6865, is plantedH8362 in a pleasant place: but EphraimH669 shall bringH3318 out his children to the slayer. 14GiveH5414 them, O Jehovah—what wilt thou giveH5414? giveH5414 them a miscarrying wombH7358 and dry breastsH7699. 15All their wickednessH7455 is in GilgalH1537; for there I hatedH8130 them: because of the wickednessH7455 of their doings I will driveH1644 them out of my houseH1004; I will loveH160 them no more; all their princesH8269 are revolters. 16EphraimH669 is smitten, their rootH8328 is driedH3001 up, they shall bearH3205 no fruitH6529: yea, though they bringH3205 forthH3205, yet will I slay the beloved fruitH6529 of their wombH990. 17My GodH430 will cast them awayH5074, because they did not hearken unto him; and they shall beH1961 wanderers among the nationsH1471.