He Xia Shu_Chapter 9

O Israel, do not rejoice and be joyful like the Gentiles, for you have committed adultery and abandoned your God, and have loved to reward like a prostitute in every valley.

The grain fields and wine presses will not be enough for the Israelites to use, and new wine will also be lacking.

They shall not dwell in the land of the Lord, but Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and shall eat unclean food in Assyria.

They shall not drink wine to the Lord, and even if they drink wine, they shall not be accepted. Their sacrifices will be like the food of the mourners, and everything they eat will be defiled, because their food is only for their own mouth and will not be brought into the temple of the Lord.

What will you do on the day of the assembly, at the Feast of the Lord?

See, they flee from disaster, the Egyptians will gather their bodies, and the Mophites will bury their bones. On the beautiful things they make of silver, thorns will grow, and thorns will grow in their tents.

The Israelites will know that the day of punishment is approaching, and the time of retribution is coming. The people say, Prophets are foolish, and those who receive inspiration are arrogant because they have committed many sins and harbored great resentment.

Ephraim was a watchman for my God, but as for the prophet, he was a net for the bird catcher in all his ways, and he harbored resentment in the house of his God.

Ephraim is deeply corrupted, just like in the days of Gibeah. The Lord will remember their sins and pursue their sins.

The Lord said, I have found Israel like grapes in the wilderness, and I have seen your ancestors like the first ripe fruit of spring on a fig tree. But they came to Baalpir to worship those who were shameful, and became detestable, just as they loved.

As for the people of Ephraim, their glory will fly away like a bird, they will not give birth, will not conceive, and will not conceive.

Even if I raise my children, I will make them lose their children, not even one. If I abandon them, they will be in trouble.

I see Ephraim planted like Tyre in a beautiful land. But Ephraim will bring out his own children and hand them over to those who slaughter.

O Lord, what will you add to them? To make their fetuses fall and their breasts dry.

The Lord said, All their evil deeds are in Gilgal, and there I detest them. Because of their evil deeds, I will drive them out of my land and no longer have mercy on them. Their leaders are rebellious.

Ephraim shall be punished, and its root shall wither, and it shall not bear fruit. Even if they give birth, I will slay their beloved son.

My God will reject them, because they will not listen to him, and they will also wander among the nations.