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1. Israel, do not rejoice; don't shout for joy as the other nations do. You have been like a prostitute against your God. You love the pay of prostitutes on every threshing floor.
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1. Rejoice H8055 not H408 , O Israel H3478 , for H413 joy H1524 , as other people H5971 : for H3588 thou hast gone a whoring H2181 from H4480 H5921 thy God H430 , thou hast loved H157 a reward H868 upon H5921 every H3605 corn H1715 floor H1637 .
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2. But the threshing floor and the winepress will not feed the people, and there won't be enough new wine.
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2. The floor H1637 and the winepress H3342 shall not H3808 feed H7462 them , and the new wine H8492 shall fail H3584 in her.
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3. The people will not stay in the Lord's land. Israel will return to being captives as they were in Egypt, and in Assyria they will eat food that they are not allowed to eat.
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3. They shall not H3808 dwell H3427 in the LORD H3068 's land H776 ; but Ephraim H669 shall return H7725 to Egypt H4714 , and they shall eat H398 unclean H2931 things in Assyria H804 .
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4. The Israelites will not give offerings of wine to the Lord; they will not give him sacrifices. Their sacrifices will be like food that is eaten at a funeral; it is unclean, and everyone who eats it becomes unclean. Their food will only satisfy their hunger; they cannot sacrifice it in the Temple.
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4. They shall not H3808 offer H5258 wine H3196 offerings to the LORD H3068 , neither H3808 shall they be pleasing H6149 unto him : their sacrifices H2077 shall be unto them as the bread H3899 of mourners H205 ; all H3605 that eat H398 thereof shall be polluted H2930 : for H3588 their bread H3899 for their soul H5315 shall not H3808 come into H935 the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 .
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5. What will you do then on the day of feasts and on the day of the Lord's festival?
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5. What H4100 will ye do H6213 in the solemn H4150 day H3117 , and in the day H3117 of the feast H2282 of the LORD H3068 ?
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6. Even if the people are not destroyed, Egypt will capture them; Memphisn will bury them. Weeds will grow over their silver treasures, and thorns will drive them out of their tents.
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6. For H3588 , lo H2009 , they are gone H1980 because of destruction H4480 H7701 : Egypt H4714 shall gather them up H6908 , Memphis H4644 shall bury H6912 them : the pleasant H4261 places for their silver H3701 , nettles H7057 shall possess H3423 them: thorns H2336 shall be in their tabernacles H168 .
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7. The time of punishment has come, the time to pay for sins. You think the prophet is a fool, and you say the spiritual person is crazy. You have sinned very much, and your hatred is great.
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7. The days H3117 of visitation H6486 are come H935 , the days H3117 of recompense H7966 are come H935 ; Israel H3478 shall know H3045 it : the prophet H5030 is a fool H191 , the spiritual H7307 man H376 is mad H7696 , for H5921 the multitude H7230 of thine iniquity H5771 , and the great H7227 hatred H4895 .
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8. Is Israel a watchman? Everywhere Israel goes, traps are set for him. He is an enemy in God's house.
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8. The watchman H6822 of Ephraim H669 was with H5973 my God H430 : but the prophet H5030 is a snare H6341 of a fowler H3352 in H5921 all H3605 his ways H1870 , and hatred H4895 in the house H1004 of his God H430 .
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9. The people of Israel have gone deep into sin as the people of Gibeahn did. they have done, and he will punish their sins.
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9. They have deeply H6009 corrupted H7843 themselves , as in the days H3117 of Gibeah H1390 : therefore he will remember H2142 their iniquity H5771 , he will visit H6485 their sins H2403 .
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10. "When I found Israel, it was like finding grapes in the desert. Your ancestors were like finding the first figs on the fig tree. But when they came to Baal Peor, they began worshiping an idol, and they became as hateful as the thing they worshiped.
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10. I found H4672 Israel H3478 like grapes H6025 in the wilderness H4057 ; I saw H7200 your fathers H1 as the firstripe H1063 in the fig tree H8384 at her first time H7225 : but they H1992 went H935 to Baal H1187 -peor , and separated themselves H5144 unto that shame H1322 ; and their abominations H8251 were H1961 according as they loved H157 .
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11. Israel's glory will fly away like a bird; there will be no more pregnancy, no more births, no more getting pregnant.
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11. As for Ephraim H669 , their glory H3519 shall fly away H5774 like a bird H5775 , from the birth H4480 H3205 , and from the womb H4480 H990 , and from the conception H4480 H2032 .
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12. But even if the Israelites bring up children, I will take them all away. How terrible it will be for them when I go away from them!
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12. Though H3588 H518 they bring up H1431 H853 their children H1121 , yet will I bereave H7921 them, that there shall not be a man H4480 H120 left : yea H3588 , woe H188 also H1571 to them when I depart H5493 from H4480 them!
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13. I have seen Israel, like Tyre, given a pleasant place. their children to be killed."
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13. Ephraim H669 , as H834 I saw H7200 Tyrus H6865 , is planted H8362 in a pleasant place H5116 : but Ephraim H669 shall bring forth H3318 his children H1121 to H413 the murderer H2026 .
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14. Lord, give them what they should have. What will you give them? Make their women unable to have children; give them dried-up breasts that cannot feed their babies.
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14. Give H5414 them , O LORD H3068 : what H4100 wilt thou give H5414 ? give H5414 them a miscarrying H7921 womb H7358 and dry H6784 breasts H7699 .
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15. "The Israelites were very wicked in Gilgal, so I have hated them there. Because of the sinful things they have done, I will force them to leave my land. I will no longer love them; their leaders have turned against me.
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15. All H3605 their wickedness H7451 is in Gilgal H1537 : for H3588 there H8033 I hated H8130 them: for H5921 the wickedness H7455 of their doings H4611 I will drive them out H1644 of mine house H4480 H1004 , I will love H157 them no H3808 more H3254 : all H3605 their princes H8269 are revolters H5637 .
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16. Israel is beaten down; its root is dying, and it has no fruit. If they have more children, I will kill the children they love."
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16. Ephraim H669 is smitten H5221 , their root H8328 is dried up H3001 , they shall bear H6213 no H1077 fruit H6529 : yea H1571 , though H3588 they bring forth H3205 , yet will I slay H4191 even the beloved H4261 fruit of their womb H990 .
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17. God will reject them, because they have not obeyed him; they will wander among the nations.
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17. My God H430 will cast them away H3988 , because H3588 they did not H3808 hearken H8085 unto him : and they shall be H1961 wanderers H5074 among the nations H1471 .
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