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Ephraim Punished
aDo not rejoice, O Israel, with exultation as do the pagan peoples,For you have bplayed the prostitute, turning away from your God.You have loved prostitutes’ earnings on every threshing floor attributing the harvest to the Baals instead of to God.2 The threshing floor and the wine press will ano longer feed them,And the new wine will fail them because they failed to honor the God who provides.3 They will not remain in athe land of the LORD,But Ephraim will return to another bEgypt in bondageAnd they will eat ceremonially cunclean food in dAssyria. 2+@Kin 25:26; Ezek 4:134 They will not pour out drink offerings of awine to the LORD;bTheir sacrifices will not please Him.Their bread will be like mourners’ bread eaten at funerals;All who eat it will be ceremonially cunclean,For their bread will be for themselves;It will not enter the house of the LORD to be consecrated.5 aWhat will you do on the day of the appointed festivalAnd on the day of the bfeast of the LORD when you are in exile?6 For behold, they will go away because of devastation and destruction;Egypt will gather them up, aMemphis will bury them.Weeds will take over their treasures of silver;bThorns will grow in their tents.
7 The days of apunishment have come;The days of bretribution are at hand;Let Israel know this!The prophet is considered a cfool;The man of God who is inspired is treated as if ddemented,Because of the abundance of your ewickedness and guilt,And because your deep antagonism toward God and the prophets is so great. Luke 21:228 Ephraim was a watchman with my God, a true prophet to warn the nation;But the snare of a bird catcher was laid in all his paths.And there is only deep hostility in the house of his God (the land of Israel) .9 They have adeeply corrupted (perverted) themselvesAs in the days of bGibeah.The LORD will cremember their wickedness and guilt;He will punish their sins. Judg 20
10 I found Israel like agrapes in the wilderness an unexpected and refreshing delight;I saw your fathers (ancestors) as the bfirst ripe fruit on the fig tree in its first season,But they came to cBaal-peor and consecrated themselves to dshamefulness the worship of Baal,And because of their spiritual and physical adultery they became as edetestable and loathsome as the thing they loved.11 As for Ephraim, their aglory will fly away like a bird;No birth, no pregnancy, and because of their impurity no conception.12 Even though they bring up their children,Yet I will bereave them until not one is left.aIndeed, woe (judgment is coming) to them when I look away and withdraw My blessing from them!13 Ephraim, as I have seen,Is planted in a pleasant and prosperous meadow like aTyre;But Ephraim will bring out his children to the executioner for slaughter.14 Give them the punishment they deserve, O LORD! What will You give?Give them a amiscarrying womb and dry breasts.
15 All their wickedness says the LORD is focused in aGilgal;Indeed, I came to hate them there!Because of the bwickedness of their idolatrous practicesI will drive them out of My house (the land of Israel) !I will love them no longer;All their princes are crebels. Hos 4:15; 12:1116 aEphraim is stricken, their root is dried up,They will bear bno fruit.Even though they give birth,I will slay the cprecious children of their womb.17 My God will reject them and cast them awayBecause they did anot listen to Him;And they will be bwanderers (fugitives) among the nations.
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Ephraim Punished
aDo not rejoice, Israel, 1with jubilation like the 2nations!For you have bbeen unfaithful, 3abandoning your God.You have loved the earnings of unfaithfulness on 4every threshing floor.2 Threshing floor and wine press will anot feed them,And the new wine will fail 1them.3 They will not remain in athe LORD’S land,But Ephraim will return to bEgypt,And in cAssyria they will eat dunclean food.4 They will not pour out drink offerings of awine to the LORD,bNor will 1their sacrifices please Him.Their bread will be to them like 2mourners’ bread;All who eat it will be cdefiled,Because their bread will be for 3themselves alone;It will not enter the house of the LORD.5 aWhat will you do on the day of the appointed festivalAnd on the day of the bfeast of the LORD?6 For behold, they will be gone because of destruction;Egypt will gather them together, aMemphis will bury them.Weeds will take possession of their treasures of silver;bThorns will be in their tents.
7 The days of apunishment have come,The days of bretribution have come;1Let Israel know this!The prophet is a cfool,The 2inspired person is dinsane,Because of the grossness of your ewrongdoing,And because your 3hostility is so great.8 Ephraim was a watchman with my God, a prophet;Yet the snare of a bird catcher is in all his ways,And there is only 1hostility in the house of his God.9 They are adeeply depravedAs in the days of bGibeah;He will cremember their guilt,He will punish their sins.
10 I found Israel like agrapes in the wilderness;I saw your forefathers as the bearliest fruit on the fig tree in its first season.But they came to cBaal-peor and devoted themselves to 1dshame,And they became as edetestable as that which they loved.11 As for Ephraim, their aglory will fly away like a bird—No birth, no pregnancy, and no conception!12 Though they bring up their children,Yet I will bereave them of their children 1until not a person is left.Yes, awoe to them indeed when I depart from them!13 Ephraim, as I have seen,Is planted in a pasture like aTyre;But Ephraim is going to bring out his children for slaughter.14 Give to them, LORD—what will You give?Give them a amiscarrying womb and dried-up breasts.
15 All their evil is at aGilgal;Indeed, I came to hate them there!Because of the bwickedness of their deedsI will drive them out of My house!I will no longer love them;All their leaders are crebels.16 aEphraim is stricken, their root is dried up,They will produce bno fruit.Even though they give birth to children,I will put to death the cprecious ones of their womb.17 My God will reject themBecause they have anot listened to Him;And they will be bwanderers among the nations.