9:1 Rejoice
not,
O
Israel!
Exult
not
like
the
peoples;
for
you
have
played
the
whore,
forsaking
your
God.
You
have
loved
a
prostitute's
wages
on
all
threshing
floors.
9:2 Threshing
floor
and
wine
vat
shall
not
feed
them,
and
the
new
wine
shall
fail
them.
9:3 They
shall
not
remain
in
the
land
of
the
LORD,
but
Ephraim
shall
return
to
Egypt,
and
they
shall
eat
unclean
food
in
Assyria.
9:4 They
shall
not
pour
drink
offerings
of
wine
to
the
LORD,
and
their
sacrifices
shall
not
please
him.
It
shall
be
like
mourners'
bread
to
them;
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
the
LORD.
9:5 What
will
you
do
on
the
day
of
the
appointed
festival,
and
on
the
day
of
the
feast
of
the
LORD
9:6 For
behold,
they
are
going
away
from
destruction;
but
Egypt
shall
gather
them;
Memphis
shall
bury
them.
Nettles
shall
possess
their
precious
things
of
silver;
thorns
shall
be
in
their
tents.
9:7 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.
9:8 The
prophet
is
the
watchman
of
Ephraim
with
my
God;
yet
a
fowler's
snare
is
on
all
his
ways,
and
hatred
in
the
house
of
his
God.
9:9 They
have
deeply
corrupted
themselves
as
in
the
days
of
Gibeah:
he
will
remember
their
iniquity;
he
will
punish
their
sins.
9:10 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
the
thing
of
shame,
and
became
detestable
like
the
thing
they
loved.
9:11 Ephraim's
glory
shall
fly
away
like
a
bird--
no
birth,
no
pregnancy,
no
conception!
9:12 Even
if
they
bring
up
children,
I
will
bereave
them
till
none
is
left.
Woe
to
them
when
I
depart
from
them!
9:13 Ephraim,
as
I
have
seen,
was
like
a
young
palm
planted
in
a
meadow;
but
Ephraim
must
lead
his
children
out
to
slaughter.
9:14 Give
them,
O
LORD--
what
will
you
give
Give
them
a
miscarrying
womb
and
dry
breasts.
9:15 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.
9:16 Ephraim
is
stricken;
their
root
is
dried
up;
they
shall
bear
no
fruit.
Even
though
they
give
birth,
I
will
put
their
beloved
children
to
death.
9:17 My
God
will
reject
them
because
they
have
not
listened
to
him;
they
shall
be
wanderers
among
the
nations.