1 Israel|strong="H3478", don’t|strong="H0408" celebrate like|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" nations|strong="H5971" do|strong="H0408". Don’t|strong="H0408" be|strong="H0408" happy|strong="H8055". You|strong="H3588" acted like|strong="H3478" a|strong="H3588" prostitute|strong="H2181" and|strong="H3478" left your|strong="H3605" God|strong="H0430". You|strong="H3588" committed|strong="H5921" your|strong="H3605" sexual sin on|strong="H5921" every|strong="H3605" threshing|strong="H1637" floor|strong="H1637".
2 But|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3808" grain from|strong="H3808" those threshing|strong="H1637" floors|strong="H1637" will|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" provide enough food for|strong="H3808" Israel. There will|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" enough wine|strong="H8492" for|strong="H3808" Israel.
3 The|strong="H3068" Israelites will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" stay|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3068" LORD’S|strong="H3068" land|strong="H0776". Ephraim|strong="H0669" will|strong="H3068" return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" Egypt|strong="H4714". In|strong="H3427" Assyria|strong="H0804" they|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3068" eat|strong="H0398" food|strong="H0398" that|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3808" should|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" eat|strong="H0398".
4 They|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" able to|strong="H0935" give|strong="H0398" offerings|strong="H3068" of|strong="H1004" wine|strong="H3196" to|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068". None|strong="H3808" of|strong="H1004" their|strong="H3605" sacrifices|strong="H2077" will|strong="H3068" please|strong="H6148" him|strong="H2930". What|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" offer|strong="H2077" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" like|strong="H3808" food|strong="H3899" eaten|strong="H0398" at|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3588" funeral—whoever|strong="H3605" eats|strong="H0398" it|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" become|strong="H2930" unclean|strong="H2930". They|strong="H3588" can|strong="H0935" eat|strong="H0398" that|strong="H3588" food|strong="H3899" for|strong="H3588" their|strong="H3605" own|strong="H5315" hunger|strong="H5315", but|strong="H3588" it|strong="H3588" cannot|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" taken into|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" Lord’s|strong="H3068" Temple|strong="H1004".
5 They|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3068" not be|strong="H3068" able to|strong="H3068" celebrate|strong="H2282" the|strong="H3068" LORD’S|strong="H3068" feasts|strong="H4150" or|strong="H3117" festivals|strong="H4150".
6 The|strong="H3588" people|strong="H6908" of|strong="H0168" Israel left|strong="H1980" because|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" enemy took|strong="H3423" everything from|strong="H1980" them|strong="H3423". But|strong="H3588" Egypt|strong="H4714" will|strong="H4714" take|strong="H3423" the|strong="H3588" people|strong="H6908" themselves|strong="H6908". Memphis|strong="H4644" will|strong="H4714" bury|strong="H6912" them|strong="H3423". Weeds|strong="H7057" will|strong="H4714" grow|strong="H1980" over|strong="H3423" their|strong="H3588" silver|strong="H3701" treasures|strong="H4261", and|strong="H1980" thorns|strong="H2336" will|strong="H4714" grow|strong="H1980" where|strong="H2009" the|strong="H3588" Israelites lived.
7 The|strong="H5921" prophet|strong="H5030" says, “Israel|strong="H3478", learn|strong="H3045" this|strong="H3117": The|strong="H5921" time|strong="H3117" of|strong="H0376" punishment|strong="H5771" has|strong="H3478" come|strong="H0935". The|strong="H5921" time|strong="H3117" has|strong="H3478" come|strong="H0935" for|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5921" to|strong="H0935" pay|strong="H3045" for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" evil|strong="H5771" things|strong="H3478" you|strong="H5921" did|strong="H0376".” But|strong="H0376" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" Israel|strong="H3478" say|strong="H3478", “The|strong="H5921" prophet|strong="H5030" is|strong="H0376" a|strong="H0935" fool|strong="H0191". This|strong="H3117" man|strong="H0376" with|strong="H5921" God’s Spirit|strong="H7307" is|strong="H0376" crazy.” The|strong="H5921" prophet|strong="H5030" says, “You|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3478" be|strong="H0376" punished for|strong="H5921" your|strong="H5921" terrible sins|strong="H5771". You|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3478" be|strong="H0376" punished for|strong="H5921" your|strong="H5921" hate.”
8 God|strong="H0430" and|strong="H0430" the|strong="H3605" prophet|strong="H5030" are|strong="H5030" like|strong="H5973" guards watching|strong="H6822" over|strong="H5921" Ephraim|strong="H0669", but|strong="H1870" there|strong="H3605" are|strong="H5030" many traps|strong="H6341" along|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3605" way|strong="H1870". And|strong="H0430" people hate the|strong="H3605" prophet|strong="H5030", even|strong="H5921" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" his|strong="H3605" God|strong="H0430".
9 The|strong="H3117" Israelites have|strong="H5771" gone|strong="H6009" deep|strong="H6009" into ruin|strong="H7843" as|strong="H3117" in|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" Gibeah|strong="H1390". God will|strong="H3117" remember|strong="H2142" the|strong="H3117" Israelites’ sins|strong="H2403", and|strong="H3117" he|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3117" punish|strong="H6485" them|strong="H6485".
10 “At|strong="H3478" the|strong="H0935" time|strong="H1961" I|strong="H7200", the|strong="H0935" Lord, found|strong="H4672" Israel|strong="H3478", they|strong="H1992" were|strong="H1961" like|strong="H1961" fresh grapes|strong="H6025" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0935" desert|strong="H4057". They|strong="H1992" were|strong="H1961" like|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0935" first|strong="H7225" figs|strong="H8384" on|strong="H0935" a|strong="H1961" fig|strong="H8384" tree|strong="H8384" at|strong="H3478" the|strong="H0935" beginning|strong="H7225" of|strong="H0001" the|strong="H0935" season. But|strong="H1961" when|strong="H1961" they|strong="H1992" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" Baal|strong="H1187" Peor|strong="H1187", they|strong="H1992" changed. So|strong="H1961" I|strong="H7200" had|strong="H1961" to|strong="H0935" cut them|strong="H1992" off like|strong="H1961" rotten fruit|strong="H1063". They|strong="H1992" became|strong="H1961" like|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0935" terrible things|strong="H8251" that|strong="H7200" they|strong="H1992" loved|strong="H0157".
11 “Like|strong="H5774" a|strong="H3205" bird|strong="H5775", Ephraim’s|strong="H0669" glory|strong="H3519" will|strong="H0669" fly|strong="H5774" away. There will|strong="H0669" be no more pregnancies, no more births, and|strong="H0669" no more babies.
12 But|strong="H3588" even|strong="H1571" if|strong="H0518" the|strong="H0853" Israelites do|strong="H0518" raise their|strong="H1992" children|strong="H1121", it|strong="H0518" will|strong="H1571" not|strong="H0518" help, because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1571" take|strong="H5493" the|strong="H0853" children|strong="H1121" away|strong="H5493" from|strong="H5493" them|strong="H1992". I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1571" leave|strong="H5493" them|strong="H1992", and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H1992" will|strong="H1571" have|strong="H1571" nothing|strong="H0518" but|strong="H3588" troubles.”
13 I|strong="H0834" can|strong="H0834" see|strong="H7200" that|strong="H0834" Ephraim|strong="H0669" is|strong="H0834" leading his|strong="H0834" children|strong="H1121" into|strong="H0413" a|strong="H7200" trap. Ephraim|strong="H0669" will|strong="H0834" lead|strong="H3318" his|strong="H0834" children|strong="H1121" out|strong="H3318" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0834" killer.
14 LORD|strong="H3068", give|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" what|strong="H4100" you|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3068". Give|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" a|strong="H5414" womb|strong="H7358" that|strong="H3068" loses babies and|strong="H3068" breasts|strong="H7699" that|strong="H3068" cannot give|strong="H5414" milk.
15 All|strong="H3605" their|strong="H3605" evil|strong="H7451" is|strong="H3605" in|strong="H5921" Gilgal|strong="H1537";
16 Ephraim|strong="H0669" will|strong="H1571" be|strong="H4191" punished.
17 Those|strong="H3588" people|strong="H1471" will|strong="H0430" not|strong="H3808" listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H1961" my|strong="H8085" God|strong="H0430",