Hosea 9
1. Rejoice * not, O Israel, for joy, as other people: for thou hast gone a whoring * from thy God, thou hast loved * a reward upon every cornfloor.
2. The floor and the winepress shall not feed * them, and the new wine shall fail * in her.
3. They shall not dwell * in the LORD'S land; but Ephraim shall return * to Egypt, and they shall eat * unclean things in Assyria.
4. They shall not offer * wine offerings to the LORD, neither shall they be pleasing * unto him: their sacrifices shall be unto them as the bread of mourners; all that eat * thereof shall be polluted * : for their bread for their soul shall not come * into the house of the LORD.
5. What will ye do * in the solemn day, and in the day of the feast of the LORD?
6. For, lo, they are gone * because of destruction: Egypt shall gather them up * , Memphis shall bury * them: the pleasant places for their silver, nettles shall possess * them: thorns shall be in their tabernacles.
7. The days of visitation are come * , the days of recompence are come * ; Israel shall know * it: the prophet is a fool, the spiritual man is mad * , for the multitude of thine iniquity, and the great hatred.
8. The watchman * 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.
9. They have deeply * corrupted * themselves, as in the days of Gibeah:therefore he will remember * their iniquity, he will visit * their sins.
10. I found * Israel like grapes in the wilderness; I saw * your fathers as the firstripe in the fig tree at her first time: but they went * to Baalpeor, and separated * themselves unto that shame;and their abominations were according as they loved * .
11. As for Ephraim, their glory shall fly away * like a bird, from the birth * , and from the womb, and from the conception.
12. Though they bring up * their children,yet will I bereave * them, that there shall not be a man left: yea, woe also to them when I depart * from them!
13. Ephraim, as I saw * Tyrus, is planted * in a pleasant place: but Ephraim shall bring forth * his children to the murderer * .
14. Give * them, O LORD: what wilt thou give * ? give * them a miscarrying * womb and dry * breasts.
15. All their wickedness is in Gilgal: for there I hated * them: for the wickedness of their doings I will drive them out * of mine house, I will love them no more * : all their princes are revolters * .
16. Ephraim is smitten * , their root is dried up * , they shall bear * no fruit: yea, though they bring forth * , yet will I slay * even the beloved fruit of their womb.
17. My God will cast them away * , because they did not hearken * unto him: and they shall be wanderers * among the nations.
