| 9 | Hosea | ||
| 1 | Rejoice not, O Israel! Exult not like the peoples; for you have played the harlot, forsaking your God. You have loved a harlot's hire upon all threshing floors. | Hosea pronounces punishment for Israel. Hs.9.1-9 | |
| 2 | Threshing floor and winevat shall not feed them, and the new wine shall fail them. | ||
| 3 | They shall not remain in the land of Yahweh; but Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and they shall eat unclean food in Assyria. | ||
| 4 | They shall not pour libations of wine to Yahweh; and they shall not please him with their sacrifices. Their bread shall be like mourners' bread; all who eat of it shall be defiled; for their bread shall be for their hunger only; it shall not come to the house of Yahweh. | ||
| 5 | What will you do on the day of appointed festival, and on the day of the feast of Yahweh? | ||
| 6 | For behold, they are going to Assyria; Egypt shall gather them, Memphis shall bury them. Nettles shall possess their precious things of silver; thorns shall be in their tents. | ||
| 7 | The days of punishment have come, the days of recompense have come; Israel shall know it. The prophet is a fool, the man of the spirit is mad, because of your great iniquity and great hatred. | ||
| 8 | The prophet is the watchman of Ephraim, the people of my God, yet a fowler's snare is on all his ways, and hatred in the house of his God. | ||
| 9 | They have deeply corrupted themselves as in the days of Gibeah: he will remember their iniquity, he will punish their sins. | ||
| 10 | Like grapes in the wilderness, I found Israel. Like the first fruit on the fig tree, in its first season, I saw your fathers. But they came to Baal-peor, and consecrated themselves to Baal, and became detestable like the thing they loved. | The consequences of Israel's sin. Hs.9.10-14 | |
| 11 | Ephraim's glory shall fly away like a bird - no birth, no pregnancy, no conception! | ||
| 12 | Even if they bring up children, I will bereave them till none is left. Woe to them when I depart from them! | ||
| 13 | Ephraim's sons, as I have seen, are destined for a prey; Ephraim must lead forth his sons to slaughter. | ||
| 14 | Give them, O Yahweh - what will you give? Give them a miscarrying womb and dry breasts. | ||
| 15 | Every evil of theirs is in Gilgal; there I began to hate them. Because of the wickedness of their deeds I will drive them out of my house. I will love them no more; all their princes are rebels. | Judgement on Israel. Hs.9.15-16 | |
| 16 | Ephraim is stricken, their root is dried up, they shall bear no fruit. Even though they bring forth, I will slay their beloved children. | ||
| 17 | My God will cast them off, because they have not hearkened to him; they shall be wanderers among the nations. | ← The prophet speaks about Israel. Hs.9.17-10:8 | |
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