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Punishment for Israel
Do not rejoice, Israel;
do not be jubilant like the other nations.
For you have been unfaithful to your God;
you love the wages of a prostitute
at every threshing floor.
Do not rejoice, Israel;
do not be jubilant like the other nations.
For you have been unfaithful to your God;
you love the wages of a prostitute
at every threshing floor.
Hosea Announces Israel’s Punishment
O people of Israel,
do not rejoice as other nations do.
For you have been unfaithful to your God,
hiring yourselves out like prostitutes,
worshiping other gods on every threshing floor.
O people of Israel,
do not rejoice as other nations do.
For you have been unfaithful to your God,
hiring yourselves out like prostitutes,
worshiping other gods on every threshing floor.
Threshing floors and winepresses will not feed the people;
the new wine will fail them.
the new wine will fail them.
So now your harvests will be too small to feed you.
There will be no grapes for making new wine.
There will be no grapes for making new wine.
They will not remain in the Lord’s land;
Ephraim will return to Egypt
and eat unclean food in Assyria.
Ephraim will return to Egypt
and eat unclean food in Assyria.
You may no longer stay here in the LORD’s land.
Instead, you will return to Egypt,
and in Assyria you will eat food
that is ceremonially unclean.
Instead, you will return to Egypt,
and in Assyria you will eat food
that is ceremonially unclean.
They will not pour out wine offerings to the Lord,
nor will their sacrifices please him.
Such sacrifices will be to them like the bread of mourners;
all who eat them will be unclean.
This food will be for themselves;
it will not come into the temple of the Lord.
nor will their sacrifices please him.
Such sacrifices will be to them like the bread of mourners;
all who eat them will be unclean.
This food will be for themselves;
it will not come into the temple of the Lord.
There you will make no offerings of wine to the LORD.
None of your sacrifices there will please him.
They will be unclean, like food touched by a person in mourning.
All who present such sacrifices will be defiled.
They may eat this food themselves,
but they may not offer it to the LORD.
None of your sacrifices there will please him.
They will be unclean, like food touched by a person in mourning.
All who present such sacrifices will be defiled.
They may eat this food themselves,
but they may not offer it to the LORD.
What will you do on the day of your appointed festivals,
on the feast days of the Lord?
on the feast days of the Lord?
What then will you do on festival days?
How will you observe the LORD’s festivals?
How will you observe the LORD’s festivals?
Even if they escape from destruction,
Egypt will gather them,
and Memphis will bury them.
Their treasures of silver will be taken over by briers,
and thorns will overrun their tents.
Egypt will gather them,
and Memphis will bury them.
Their treasures of silver will be taken over by briers,
and thorns will overrun their tents.
The days of punishment are coming,
the days of reckoning are at hand.
Let Israel know this.
Because your sins are so many
and your hostility so great,
the prophet is considered a fool,
the inspired person a maniac.
the days of reckoning are at hand.
Let Israel know this.
Because your sins are so many
and your hostility so great,
the prophet is considered a fool,
the inspired person a maniac.
The time of Israel’s punishment has come;
the day of payment is here.
Soon Israel will know this all too well.
Because of your great sin and hostility,
you say, “The prophets are crazy
and the inspired men are fools!”
the day of payment is here.
Soon Israel will know this all too well.
Because of your great sin and hostility,
you say, “The prophets are crazy
and the inspired men are fools!”
They have sunk deep into corruption,
as in the days of Gibeah.
God will remember their wickedness
and punish them for their sins.
as in the days of Gibeah.
God will remember their wickedness
and punish them for their sins.
The things my people do are as depraved
as what they did in Gibeah long ago.
God will not forget.
He will surely punish them for their sins.
as what they did in Gibeah long ago.
God will not forget.
He will surely punish them for their sins.
“When I found Israel,
it was like finding grapes in the desert;
when I saw your ancestors,
it was like seeing the early fruit on the fig tree.
But when they came to Baal Peor,
they consecrated themselves to that shameful idol
and became as vile as the thing they loved.
it was like finding grapes in the desert;
when I saw your ancestors,
it was like seeing the early fruit on the fig tree.
But when they came to Baal Peor,
they consecrated themselves to that shameful idol
and became as vile as the thing they loved.
The LORD says, “O Israel, when I first found you,
it was like finding fresh grapes in the desert.
When I saw your ancestors,
it was like seeing the first ripe figs of the season.
But then they deserted me for Baal-peor,
giving themselves to that shameful idol.
Soon they became vile,
as vile as the god they worshiped.
it was like finding fresh grapes in the desert.
When I saw your ancestors,
it was like seeing the first ripe figs of the season.
But then they deserted me for Baal-peor,
giving themselves to that shameful idol.
Soon they became vile,
as vile as the god they worshiped.
Ephraim’s glory will fly away like a bird —
no birth, no pregnancy, no conception.
no birth, no pregnancy, no conception.
The glory of Israel will fly away like a bird,
for your children will not be born
or grow in the womb
or even be conceived.
for your children will not be born
or grow in the womb
or even be conceived.
Even if they rear children,
I will bereave them of every one.
Woe to them
when I turn away from them!
I will bereave them of every one.
Woe to them
when I turn away from them!
Even if you do have children who grow up,
I will take them from you.
It will be a terrible day when I turn away
and leave you alone.
I will take them from you.
It will be a terrible day when I turn away
and leave you alone.
I have seen Ephraim, like Tyre,
planted in a pleasant place.
But Ephraim will bring out
their children to the slayer.”
planted in a pleasant place.
But Ephraim will bring out
their children to the slayer.”
I have watched Israel become as beautiful as Tyre.
But now Israel will bring out her children for slaughter.”
But now Israel will bring out her children for slaughter.”
Give them, Lord —
what will you give them?
Give them wombs that miscarry
and breasts that are dry.
what will you give them?
Give them wombs that miscarry
and breasts that are dry.
O LORD, what should I request for your people?
I will ask for wombs that don’t give birth
and breasts that give no milk.
I will ask for wombs that don’t give birth
and breasts that give no milk.
“Because of all their wickedness in Gilgal,
I hated them there.
Because of their sinful deeds,
I will drive them out of my house.
I will no longer love them;
all their leaders are rebellious.
I hated them there.
Because of their sinful deeds,
I will drive them out of my house.
I will no longer love them;
all their leaders are rebellious.
The LORD says, “All their wickedness began at Gilgal;
there I began to hate them.
I will drive them from my land
because of their evil actions.
I will love them no more
because all their leaders are rebels.
there I began to hate them.
I will drive them from my land
because of their evil actions.
I will love them no more
because all their leaders are rebels.
Ephraim is blighted,
their root is withered,
they yield no fruit.
Even if they bear children,
I will slay their cherished offspring.”
their root is withered,
they yield no fruit.
Even if they bear children,
I will slay their cherished offspring.”
The people of Israel are struck down.
Their roots are dried up,
and they will bear no more fruit.
And if they give birth,
I will slaughter their beloved children.”
Their roots are dried up,
and they will bear no more fruit.
And if they give birth,
I will slaughter their beloved children.”