¶ Rejoice¹ not, O Israel, for joy, as² other people: for thou hast gone³ a whoring from thy God, thou hast loved⁴ a reward upon⁵ every cornfloor.

The floor⁶ and the winepress⁷ shall not feed them, and the new wine shall fail in her.

They shall not⁸ dwell in the LORD'S⁹ land; but¹⁰ Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and they shall eat unclean things in Assyria¹².

They shall not¹³ offer wine offerings to the LORD, neither¹⁴ shall they be pleasing unto him: their sacrifices shall be unto them as¹⁵ the bread of mourners; all that eat thereof shall be polluted: for their bread¹⁶ for their soul shall not come into the house of the LORD.

What¹⁷ will ye do in¹⁸ the solemn day, and in the day of the feast of the LORD?

For, lo, they¹⁹ are gone because of destruction²⁰: Egypt²¹ shall gather them up, Memphis shall bury them: the pleasant places for their silver, nettles²² shall possess them: thorns shall be in their tabernacles.

¶ The days of visitation²³ are come, the days of recompence are come; Israel²⁴ shall know it: the prophet²⁵ is a fool, the spiritual man²⁶ is mad, for the multitude²⁷ of thine iniquity, and the great hatred.

The watchman²⁸ of Ephraim was with²⁹ my God: but³⁰ the prophet is a snare of a fowler in all his ways, and hatred in the³¹ house of his God.

They have deeply³² corrupted themselves, as in the days of Gibeah³³: therefore³⁴ he will remember their iniquity, he will visit their sins.

¶ I found³⁵ Israel like grapes³⁶ in the wilderness; I saw your fathers as the firstripe in the fig tree at her first time: but³⁷ they went to Baalpeor, and separated³⁸ themselves unto that shame; and their³⁹ abominations were according as they loved.

¶ As for Ephraim, their⁴⁰ glory shall fly away like a bird, from the birth⁴¹, and from the womb⁴², and from the conception.

Though they bring up their children, yet⁴³ will I bereave them, that there shall not⁴⁴ be a man left: yea, woe⁴⁵ also to them when I depart from them!

Ephraim, as⁴⁶ I saw Tyrus, is planted in a pleasant place: but Ephraim shall⁴⁷ bring forth his children to the murderer.

Give them, O LORD: what⁴⁸ wilt thou give? give them a miscarrying womb⁴⁹ and dry breasts.

All their wickedness is in⁵⁰ Gilgal: for there I hated⁵¹ them: for the wickedness of their doings I will drive⁵² them out of mine house, I will love them no more: all⁵³ their princes are revolters.

Ephraim is smitten, their root⁵⁴ is dried up, they shall bear no fruit: yea, though they bring forth, yet will I slay even the beloved fruit⁵⁵ of their womb.

My God⁵⁶ will cast them away, because⁵⁷ they did not hearken unto him: and⁵⁸ they shall be wanderers among the nations.