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Hosea 9

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¹ Rejoice not, O Israel! Exult not like the peoples; ⓐfor you have played the whore, forsaking your God. ⓑYou have loved a prostitute's wages on all threshing floors.

² ⓒ Threshing floor and wine vat shall not feed them, andⓓ the new wine shall fail them.

³ They shall not remain inⓔ the land of the LORD, butⓕ Ephraim shall return to Egypt, andⓖ they shall eat unclean food in Assyria.

⁴ ⓗ They shall not pour drink offerings of wine to the LORD, ⓘand their sacrifices shall not please him. It shall be likeⓙ mourners' bread to them; all who eat of it shall be defiled; for their bread shall be for their hunger only; ⓚit shall not come to the house of the LORD.

⁵ ⓛ What will you do on the day of the appointed festival, and on the day of the feast of the LORD?

⁶ For behold, they are going away from destruction; butⓜ Egypt shall gather them; Memphis shall bury them. Nettles shall possessⓝ their precious things of silver; ⓞthorns shall be in their tents.

⁷ ⓟ The days of punishment have come; the days of recompense have come; Israel shall know it. ⓠThe prophet is a fool; the man of the spirit is mad, because of your great iniquity and great hatred.

⁸ The prophet isⓡ the watchman of Ephraim with my God; yetⓢ a fowler's snare is on all his ways, and hatred in the house of his God.

⁹ ⓣ They have deeply corrupted themselves asⓤ in the days of Gibeah: ⓥhe will remember their iniquity; he will punish their sins.

¹⁰ Like grapes in the wilderness, ⓦI found Israel. Like the first fruit on the fig tree in its first season, I saw your fathers. Butⓧ they came to Baal-peor andⓨ consecrated themselves to the thing of shame, andⓩ became detestable like the thing they loved.

¹¹ Ephraim'sⓐ glory shall fly away like a bird — ⓑno birth, no pregnancy, no conception!

¹² ⓒ Even if they bring up children, I will bereave them till none is left. ⓓWoe to them whenⓔ I depart from them!

¹³ Ephraim,ⓕ as I have seen, was like a young palm[1] planted in a meadow; butⓖ Ephraim must lead his children out to slaughter.[2]

¹⁴ Give them, O LORD — what will you give? Give themⓗ a miscarrying womb and dry breasts.

¹⁵ Every evil of theirs is inⓘ Gilgal; there I began to hate them. Because of the wickedness of their deeds I will drive them out of my house. I will love them no more; allⓙ their princes areⓚ rebels.

¹⁶ Ephraim is stricken; ⓛtheir root is dried up; they shall bear no fruit. Evenⓜ though they give birth, ⓝI will put their beloved children to death.

¹⁷ ⓞ My God will reject them because they have not listened to him; ⓟthey shall be wanderers among the nations.

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1	Rejoice not, O Israel! Exult not like the peoples; ⓐfor you have played the whore, forsaking your God. ⓑYou have loved a prostitute's wages on all threshing floors.
2	ⓒ Threshing floor and wine vat shall not feed them, andⓓ the new wine shall fail them.
3	They shall not remain inⓔ the land of the LORD, butⓕ Ephraim shall return to Egypt, andⓖ they shall eat unclean food in Assyria.
4	ⓗ They shall not pour drink offerings of wine to the LORD, ⓘand their sacrifices shall not please him. It shall be likeⓙ mourners' bread to them; all who eat of it shall be defiled; for their bread shall be for their hunger only; ⓚit shall not come to the house of the LORD.
5	ⓛ What will you do on the day of the appointed festival, and on the day of the feast of the LORD?
6	For behold, they are going away from destruction; butⓜ Egypt shall gather them; Memphis shall bury them. Nettles shall possessⓝ their precious things of silver; ⓞthorns shall be in their tents.
7	ⓟ The days of punishment have come; the days of recompense have come; Israel shall know it. ⓠThe prophet is a fool; the man of the spirit is mad, because of your great iniquity and great hatred.
8	The prophet isⓡ the watchman of Ephraim with my God; yetⓢ a fowler's snare is on all his ways, and hatred in the house of his God.
9	ⓣ They have deeply corrupted themselves asⓤ in the days of Gibeah: ⓥhe will remember their iniquity; he will punish their sins.
10	Like grapes in the wilderness, ⓦI found Israel. Like the first fruit on the fig tree in its first season, I saw your fathers. Butⓧ they came to Baal-peor andⓨ consecrated themselves to the thing of shame, andⓩ became detestable like the thing they loved.
11	Ephraim'sⓐ glory shall fly away like a bird — ⓑno birth, no pregnancy, no conception!
12	ⓒ Even if they bring up children, I will bereave them till none is left. ⓓWoe to them whenⓔ I depart from them!
13	Ephraim,ⓕ as I have seen, was like a young palm[1] planted in a meadow; butⓖ Ephraim must lead his children out to slaughter.[2]
14	Give them, O LORD — what will you give? Give themⓗ a miscarrying womb and dry breasts.
15	Every evil of theirs is inⓘ Gilgal; there I began to hate them. Because of the wickedness of their deeds I will drive them out of my house. I will love them no more; allⓙ their princes areⓚ rebels.
16	Ephraim is stricken; ⓛtheir root is dried up; they shall bear no fruit. Evenⓜ though they give birth, ⓝI will put their beloved children to death.
17	ⓞ My God will reject them because they have not listened to him; ⓟthey shall be wanderers among the nations.

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