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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. |
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Threshing floor and winevat shall not feed them, and the new wine shall fail them. |
3
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They shall not remain in the land of the LORD; but Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and they shall eat unclean food in Assyria. |
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They shall not pour libations of wine to the LORD; 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 the LORD. |
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What will you do on the day of appointed festival, and on the day of the feast of the LORD? |
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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. |
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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. |
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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
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They have deeply corrupted themselves as in the days of Gibeah: he will remember their iniquity, he will punish their sins. |
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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 Baalpeor, and consecrated themselves to Baal, and became detestable like the thing they loved. |
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Ephraim's glory shall fly away like a bird -- no birth, no pregnancy, no conception! |
12
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Even if they bring up children, I will bereave them till none is left. Woe to them when I depart from them! |
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Ephraim's sons, as I have seen, are destined for a prey; Ephraim must lead forth his sons to slaughter. |
14
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Give them, O LORD -- what wilt thou give? Give them a miscarrying womb and dry breasts. |
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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. |
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Ephraim is stricken, their root is dried up, they shall bear no fruit. Even though they bring forth, I will slay their beloved children. |
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My God will cast them off, because they have not hearkened to him; they shall be wanderers among the nations. |
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