Israel’s Punishment 1 DRA Rejoice not, O Israel: rejoice not as the nations do: for thou hast committed fornication against thy God, thou hast loved a reward upon every cornfloor. BSB BSB: Do not rejoice, O Israel, with exultation like the nations, for you have played the harlot against your God; you have made love for hire on every threshing floor.
2 DRA The floor and the winepress shall not feed them, and the wine shall deceive them. BSB BSB: The threshing floor and winepress will not feed them, and the new wine will fail them.
3 DRA They shall not dwell in the Lord’s land: Ephraim is returned to Egypt, and hath eaten unclean things among the Assyrians. BSB BSB: They will not remain in the land of the LORD; Ephraim will return to Egypt and eat unclean food in Assyria.
4 DRA They shall not offer wine to the Lord, neither shall they please him: their sacrifices shall be like the bread of mourners: all that shall eat it shall be defiled: for their bread is life for their soul, it shall not enter into the house of the Lord. BSB BSB: They will not pour out wine offerings to the LORD, and their sacrifices will not please Him, but will be to them like the bread of mourners; all who eat will be defiled. For their bread will be for themselves; it will not enter the house of the LORD.
5 DRA What will you do in the solemn day, in the day of the feast of the Lord? BSB BSB: What will you do on the appointed day, on the day of the LORD’s feast?
6 DRA For behold they are gone because of destruction: Egypt shall gather them together, Memphis shall bury them: nettles shall inherit their beloved silver, the bur shall be in their tabernacles. BSB BSB: For even if they flee destruction, Egypt will gather them and Memphis will bury them. Their precious silver will be taken over by thistles, and thorns will overrun their tents.
7 DRA The days of visitation are come, the days of repaying are come: know ye, O Israel, that the prophet was foolish, the spiritual man was mad, for the multitude of thy iniquity, and the multitude of thy madness. BSB BSB: The days of punishment have come; the days of retribution have arrived—let Israel know it. The prophet is called a fool, and the inspired man insane, because of the greatness of your iniquity and hostility.
8 DRA The watchman of Ephraim was with my God: the prophet is become a snare of ruin upon all his ways, madness is in the house of his God. BSB BSB: The prophet is Ephraim’s watchman, along with my God, yet the snare of the fowler lies on all his paths. Hostility is in the house of his God!
9 DRA They have sinned deeply, as in the days of Gabaa: he will remember their iniquity, and will visit their sin. BSB BSB: They have deeply corrupted themselves as in the days of Gibeah; He will remember their guilt; He will punish their sins.
11 DRA As for Ephraim, their glory hath flown away like a bird from the birth, and from the womb, and from the conception. BSB BSB: Ephraim’s glory will fly away like a bird, with no birth, no pregnancy, and no conception.
12 DRA And though they should bring up their children, I will make them without children among men: yea, and woe to them, when I shall depart from them. BSB BSB: Even if they raise their children, I will bereave them of each one. Yes, woe be to them when I turn away from them!
13 DRA Ephraim, as I saw, was a Tyre founded in beauty: and Ephraim shall bring out his children to the murderer. BSB BSB: I have seen Ephraim, like Tyre, planted in a meadow. But Ephraim will bring out his children for slaughter.
14 DRA Give them, O Lord. What wilt thou give them? Give them a womb without children, and dry breasts. BSB BSB: Give them, O LORD—what will You give? Give them wombs that miscarry and breasts that dry up!
15 DRA All their wickedness is in Galgal, for there I hated them: for the wickedness of their devices I will cast them forth out of my house: I will love them no more, all their princes are revolters. BSB BSB: All their evil appears at Gilgal, for there I hated them. I will drive them from My house for the wickedness of their deeds. I will no longer love them; all their leaders are rebellious.
16 DRA Ephraim is struck, their root is dried up, they shall yield no fruit. And if they should have issue, I will slay the best beloved fruit of their womb. BSB BSB: Ephraim is struck down; their root is withered; they cannot bear fruit. Even if they bear children, I will slay the darlings of their wombs.
17 DRA My God will cast them away, because they hearkened not to him: and they shall be wanderers among the nations. BSB BSB: My God will reject them because they have not obeyed Him; and they shall be wanderers among the nations.