Hosea 9 | Strong's Bible

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CHAPTER 9

Do not

rejoice,

O Israel,

with

exultation

like the nations,

for

you have played the harlot

against

your God;

you have made love

for hire

on

every

threshing floor.

The threshing floor

and winepress

will not

feed them,

and the new wine

will fail them.

They will not

remain

in the land

of the LORD;

Ephraim

will return

to Egypt

and eat

unclean food

in Assyria.

They will not

pour out

wine offerings

to the LORD,

and their sacrifices

will not

please

Him,

but will be to them

like the bread

of mourners;

all

who eat it

will be defiled.

For

their bread

will be for themselves;

it will not

enter

the house

of the LORD.

What

will you do

on the appointed

day,

on the Day

of the LORD’s

feast?

For

even if

they flee

destruction,

Egypt

will gather them

and Memphis

will bury them.

Their precious

silver

will be taken over

by thistles,

and thorns will overrun

their tents.

The days

of punishment

have come;

the days

of retribution

have arrived—

let Israel

know it.

The prophet

is called a fool,

and the inspired

man

insane,

because of

the greatness

of your iniquity

and hostility.

The prophet

is Ephraim’s

watchman,

along with

my God,

yet the snare

of the fowler

lies on

all

his paths.

Hostility

is in the house

of his God!

They have deeply

corrupted themselves

as in the days

of Gibeah;

He will remember

their guilt;

He will punish

their sins.

I found

Israel

like grapes

in the wilderness.

I saw

your fathers

as the firstfruits

of the fig tree

in its first season.

But they

went

to Baal-peor,

and consecrated

themselves to Shame;

so they became

as detestable

as the thing they loved.

Ephraim’s

glory

will fly away

like a bird,

with no birth,

no pregnancy,

and no conception.

Even

if

they raise

their children,

I will bereave them

of each one.

Yes,

woe be

to them

when I turn away

from them!

I have seen

Ephraim,

like

Tyre,

planted

in a meadow.

But Ephraim

will bring out

his children

for slaughter.

Give

them,

O LORD—

what

will You give?

Give

them

wombs

that miscarry

and breasts

that dry up!

All

their evil

appears at Gilgal,

for

there

I hated them.

I will drive them

from My house

for

the wickedness

of their deeds.

I will no

longer

love them;

all

their leaders

are rebellious.

Ephraim

is struck down;

their root

is withered;

they cannot bear

fruit.

Even

if

they bear children,

I will slay

the darlings

of their wombs.

My God

will reject them

because

they have not

obeyed

Him;

and they shall be

wanderers

among the nations.

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