1 Rejoice not, O Israel, for joy, as other people: for thou hast gone a whoring from thy God, thou hast loved a reward upon every cornfloor.

<>vv. 1-2, <>gone a whoring

2 The floor and the winepress shall not feed them, and the new wine shall fail in her.

<>vv. 1-2

3 They shall not dwell in the LORD'S land; but Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and they shall eat unclean things in Assyria.

<>vv. 3-4,6

4 They shall not offer wine offerings to the LORD, neither shall they be pleasing unto him: their sacrifices shall be unto them as the bread of mourners; all that eat thereof shall be polluted: for their bread for their soul shall not come into the house of the LORD.

<>vv. 3-4,6, <>bread … bread, <>their bread … shall not come into the house of the LORD, <>the house of the LORD

5 What will ye do in the solemn day, and in the day of the feast of the LORD?

<>the solemn day, <>the day of the feast of the LORD

6 For, lo, they are gone because of destruction: Egypt shall gather them up, Memphis shall bury them: the pleasant places for their silver, nettles shall possess them: thorns shall be in their tabernacles.

<>vv. 3-4,6, <>because of destruction, <>tabernacles

7 The days of visitation are come, the days of recompence are come; Israel shall know it: the prophet is a fool, the spiritual man is mad, for the multitude of thine iniquity, and the great hatred.

<>vv. 7-8, <>The days of visitation are come, the days of recompence are come, <>mad, <>the multitude of thine iniquity, <>the great hatred

8 The watchman of Ephraim was with my God: but the prophet is a snare of a fowler in all his ways, and hatred in the house of his God.

<>vv. 7-8, <>watchman, <>his ways

9 They have deeply corrupted themselves, as in the days of Gibeah: therefore he will remember their iniquity, he will visit their sins.

<>They have deeply corrupted, <>the days of Gibeah, <>he will remember their iniquity

10 I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness; I saw your fathers as the firstripe in the fig tree at her first time: but they went to Baal-peor, and separated themselves unto that shame; and their abominations were according as they loved.

<>I saw your fathers as the firstripe in the fig tree at her first time: but they went to Baal-peor, <>tree, <>their abominations were according as they loved

11 As for Ephraim, their glory shall fly away like a bird, from the birth, and from the womb, and from the conception.

12 Though they bring up their children, yet will I bereave them, that there shall not be a man left: yea, woe also to them when I depart from them!

<>children, <>there shall not be a man left

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

14 Give them, O LORD: what wilt thou give? give them a miscarrying womb and dry breasts.

<>O LORD: what wilt thou give? give them a miscarrying womb, <>dry breasts

15 All their wickedness is in Gilgal: for there I hated them: for the wickedness of their doings I will drive them out of mine house, I will love them no more: all their princes are revolters.

<>for the wickedness of their doings I will drive them out of mine house, <>mine house, <>revolters

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

<>they shall bear no fruit, <>yet will I slay even the beloved fruit of their womb

17 My God will cast them away, because they did not hearken unto him: and they shall be wanderers among the nations.

<>they did not hearken unto him