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$Title{Old Testament, The
Chapter 9}
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$Date{1885}
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Title: Old Testament, The
Book: Hosea
Author: Various
Date: 1885
Chapter 9
Rejoice not, O Israel, ^11 for joy, like the peoples; ^12 for thou hast
played the harlot, departing from thy God; thou hast loved hire upon every
grain-floor. The threshing-floor and the winepress shall not feed them, and
the new wine shall fail her. They shall not dwell in Jehovah's land; but
Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and they shall eat unclean food in Assyria.
They shall not pour out wine-offerings to Jehovah, ^13 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 shall be for
their appetite; it shall not come into the house of Jehovah. What will ye do
in the day of solemn assembly, and in the day of the feast of Jehovah? For,
lo, they are gone away from destruction; yet Egypt shall gather them up,
Memphis shall bury them; their pleasant things of silver, nettles shall
possess them; thorns shall be in their tents. The days of visitation are
come, the days of recompense are come; Israel shall know it: the prophet is a
fool, the man that hath the spirit is mad, for the abundance of thine
iniquity, and because the enmity is great. Ephraim ^1 was a watchman with my
God: as for the prophet, a fowler's snare is in all his ways, and enmity in
the house of his God. They have deeply corrupted themselves, as in the days
of Gibeah: he will remember their iniquity, he will visit their sins.
[Footnote 11: Or, unto exultation]
[Footnote 12: Or, that]
[Footnote 13: Or, neither shall their sacrifices be pleasing unto him: their
bread shall be unto them &c.]
[Footnote 1: Or, watcheth against]
I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness; I saw your fathers as the
first-ripe in the fig-tree at its first season: but they came to Baal-peor,
and ^2 consecrated themselves unto the ^3 shameful thing, and became
abominable like that which they loved. As for Ephraim, their glory shall fly
away like a bird: there shall be no birth, and none with child, and no
conception. Though they bring up their children, yet will I bereave them, so
that not a man shall be left: yea, woe also to them when I depart from them!
Ephraim, ^4 like as I have seen Tyre, is planted in a pleasant place: but
Ephraim shall bring out his children to the slayer. Give them, O Jehovah -
what wilt thou give? give them a miscarrying womb and dry breasts. All their
wickedness is in Gilgal; for there I hated them: because of the wickedness of
their doings I will drive them out of my house; I will love them no more; all
their princes are revolters. Ephraim is smitten, their root is dried up, they
shall bear no fruit: yea, though they bring forth, yet will I slay the beloved
fruit of their womb. My God will cast them away, because they did not hearken
unto him; and they shall be wanderers among the nations.
[Footnote 2: Or, separated]
[Footnote 3: Heb. shame.]
[Footnote 4: Or, as I have seen, is like Tyre, that is planted &c.]