^{1 Ref} `Rejoice not, O Israel, be not joyful like the peoples, For thou hast gone a-whoring from thy God, Thou hast loved a gift near all floors of corn.

^{2 Ref} Floor and wine-press do not delight them, And new wine doth fail in her,

^{3 Ref} They do not abide in the land of Jehovah, And turned back hath Ephraim `to' Egypt, And in Asshur an unclean thing they eat.

^{4 Ref} They pour not out wine to Jehovah, Nor are they sweet to Him, Their sacrifices `are' as bread of mourners to them, All eating it are unclean: For their bread `is' for themselves, It doth not come into the house of Jehovah.

^{5 Ref} What do ye at the day appointed? And at the day of Jehovah's festival?

^{6 Ref} For, lo, they have gone because of destruction, Egypt gathereth them, Moph burieth them, The desirable things of their silver, Nettles possess them -- a thorn `is' in their tents.

^{7 Ref} Come in have the days of inspection, Come in have the days of recompence, Israel doth know! a fool `is' the prophet, Mad `is' the man of the Spirit, Because of the abundance of thine iniquity, And great `is' the hatred.

^{8 Ref} Ephraim is looking `away' from My God, The prophet! a snare of a fowler `is' over all his ways, Hatred `is' in the house of his God.

^{9 Ref} They have gone deep -- have done corruptly, As `in' the days of Gibeah, He doth remember their iniquity, He doth inspect their sins.

^{10 Ref} As grapes in a wilderness I found Israel, As the first-fruit in a fig-tree, at its beginning, I have seen your fathers, They -- they have gone in `to' Baal-Peor, And are separated to a shameful thing, And are become abominable like their love.

^{11 Ref} Ephraim `is' as a fowl, Fly away doth their honour, without birth, And without womb, and without conception.

^{12 Ref} For though they nourish their sons, I have made them childless -- without man, Surely also, wo to them, when I turn aside from them.

^{13 Ref} Ephraim! when I have looked to the rock, Is planted in comeliness, And Ephraim `is' to bring out unto a slayer his sons.

^{14 Ref} Give to them, Jehovah -- what dost Thou give? Give to them miscarrying womb, and dry breasts.

^{15 Ref} All their evil `is' in Gilgal, Surely there I have hated them, Because of the evil of their doings, Out of My house I do drive them, I add not to love them, all their heads `are' apostates.

^{16 Ref} Ephraim hath been smitten, Their root hath dried up, fruit they yield not, Yea, though they bring forth, I have put to death the desired of their womb.

^{17 Ref} Reject them doth my God, Because they have not hearkened to Him, And they are wanderers among nations!

^{1 Ref} Don't rejoice, Israel, to jubilation like the nations; For you were unfaithful to your God. You love the wages of a prostitute at every grain threshing floor.

^{2 Ref} The threshing floor and the winepress won't feed them, And the new wine will fail her.

^{3 Ref} They won't dwell in Yahweh's land; But Ephraim will return to Egypt, And they will eat unclean food in Assyria.

^{4 Ref} They won't pour out wine offerings to Yahweh, Neither will they be pleasing to him. Their sacrifices will be to them like the bread of mourners; All who eat of it will be polluted; For their bread will be for their appetite. It will not come into the house of Yahweh.

^{5 Ref} What will you do in the day of solemn assembly, And in the day of the feast of Yahweh?

^{6 Ref} For, behold, they have gone away from destruction. Egypt will gather them up. Memphis will bury them. Nettles will possess their pleasant things of silver. Thorns will be in their tents.

^{7 Ref} The days of visitation have come. The days of reckoning have come. Israel will consider the prophet to be a fool, And the man who is inspired to be insane, Because of the abundance of your sins, And because your hostility is great.

^{8 Ref} A prophet watches over Ephraim with my God. A fowler's snare is on all of his paths, And hostility in the house of his God.

^{9 Ref} They have deeply corrupted themselves, As in the days of Gibeah. He will remember their iniquity. He will punish them for their sins.

^{10 Ref} I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness. I saw your fathers as the first ripe in the fig tree at its first season; But they came to Baal Peor, and consecrated themselves to the shameful thing, And became abominable like that which they loved.

^{11 Ref} As for Ephraim, their glory will fly away like a bird. There will be no birth, none with child, and no conception.

^{12 Ref} Though they bring up their children, Yet I will bereave them, so that not a man shall be left. Indeed, woe also to them when I depart from them!

^{13 Ref} Ephraim, like I have seen Tyre, is planted in a pleasant place; But Ephraim will bring out his children to the killer.

^{14 Ref} Give them--Yahweh what will you give? Give them a miscarrying womb and dry breasts.

^{15 Ref} "All their wickedness is in Gilgal; For there I hated 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.

^{16 Ref} Ephraim is struck. Their root has dried up. They will bear no fruit. Even though they bring forth, yet I will kill the beloved ones of their womb."

^{17 Ref} My God will cast them away, because they did not listen to him; And they will be wanderers among the nations.

^{1 Ref} Have no joy, O Israel, and do not be glad like the nations; for you have been untrue to your God; your desire has been for the loose woman's reward on every grain-floor.

^{2 Ref} The grain-floor and the place where the grapes are crushed will not give them food; there will be no new wine for them.

^{3 Ref} They will have no resting-place in the Lord's land, but Ephraim will go back to Egypt, and they will take unclean food in Assyria.

^{4 Ref} They will give no wine offering to the Lord, they will not make offerings ready for him; their bread will be like the bread of those in sorrow; all who take it will be unclean, because their bread will be only for their desire, it will not come into the house of the Lord.

^{5 Ref} What will you do on the day of worship, and on the day of the feast of the Lord?

^{6 Ref} For see, they are going away into Assyria; Egypt will get them together, Memphis will be their last resting-place; their fair silver vessels will be covered over with field plants, and thorns will come up in their tents.

^{7 Ref} The days of punishment, the days of reward are come; Israel will be put to shame; the prophet is foolish, the man who has the spirit is off his head, because of your great sin.

^{8 Ref} There is great hate against the watchman of Ephraim, the people of my God; as for the prophet, there is a net in all his ways, and hate in the house of his God.

^{9 Ref} They have gone deep in evil as in the days of Gibeah; he will keep in mind their wrongdoing, he will give them punishment for their sins.

^{10 Ref} I made discovery of Israel as of grapes in the waste land; I saw your fathers as the first-fruits of the fig-tree in her early fruit time; but they came to Baal-peor, and made themselves holy to the thing of shame, and became disgusting like that to which they gave their love.

^{11 Ref} As for Ephraim, their glory will go in flight like a bird: there will be no birth and no one with child and no giving of life.

^{12 Ref} Even though their children have come to growth I will take them away, so that not a man will be there; for their evil-doing will be complete and they will be put to shame because of it.

^{13 Ref} As I have seen a beast whose young have been taken from her, so Ephraim will give birth to children only for them to be put to death.

^{14 Ref} O Lord, what will you give them? Give them bodies which may not give birth and breasts without milk.

^{15 Ref} All their evil-doing is in Gilgal; there I had hate for them; because of their evil-doing I will send them out of my house; they will no longer be dear to me; all their rulers are uncontrolled.

^{16 Ref} The rod has come on Ephraim, their root is dry, let them have no fruit; even though they give birth, I will put to death the dearest fruit of their bodies.

^{17 Ref} My God will give them up because they did not give ear to him; they will be wandering among the nations.