Hosea 9 — NETB
9Verse 1O Israel, do not rejoice jubilantly like the nations,
for you are unfaithful to your God.
You love to receive a prostitute's wages
on all the floors where you thresh your grain.
Verse 2Threshing floors and wine vats will not feed the people,
and new wine only deceives them.
Ephraim will return to Egypt;
they will eat ritually unclean food in Assyria.
Verse 4They will not pour out drink offerings of wine to the Lord;
they will not please him with their sacrifices.
Their sacrifices will be like bread eaten while in mourning;
all those who eat them will make themselves ritually unclean.
For their bread will be only to satisfy their appetite;
it will not come into the temple of the Lord.
Verse 5So what will you do on the festival day,
on the festival days of the Lord?
Egypt will take hold of them,
and Memphis will bury them.
The weeds will inherit the silver they treasure –
thorn bushes will occupy their homes.
Verse 7The time of judgment is about to arrive!
The time of retribution is imminent!
Let Israel know!Israel Rejects Hosea’s Prophetic ExhortationsThe prophet is considered a fool –
the inspired man is viewed as a madman –
because of the multitude of your sins
and your intense animosity.
Verse 8The prophet is a watchman over Ephraim on behalf of God,
yet traps are laid for him along all of his paths;
animosity rages against him in the land of his God.
as in the days of Gibeah.
He will remember their wrongdoing.
He will repay them for their sins.
Verse 10When I found Israel, it was like finding grapes in the wilderness.
I viewed your ancestors like an early fig on a fig tree in its first season.
Then they came to Baal-Peor and they dedicated themselves to shame –
they became as detestable as what they loved.
what they value will fly away.
They will not bear children –
they will not enjoy pregnancy –
they will not even conceive!
Verse 12Even if they raise their children,
I will take away every last one of them.
Woe to them!
For I will turn away from them.
Verse 13Just as lion cubs are born predators,
so Ephraim will bear his sons for slaughter.
Verse 14Give them, O Lord –
what will you give them?
Give them wombs that miscarry,
and breasts that cannot nurse!
Verse 15Because of all their evil in Gilgal,
I hate them there.
On account of their evil deeds,
I will drive them out of my land.
I will no longer love them;
all their rulers are rebels.
Verse 16Ephraim will be struck down –
their root will be dried up;
they will not yield any fruit.
Even if they do bear children,
I will kill their precious offspring.
Verse 17My God will reject them,
for they have not obeyed him;
so they will be fugitives among the nations.
for you are unfaithful to your God.
You love to receive a prostitute's wages
on all the floors where you thresh your grain.
Verse 2Threshing floors and wine vats will not feed the people,
and new wine only deceives them.
Assyrian Exile Will Reverse the Egyptian Exodus
Verse 3They will not remain in the Lord’s land.Ephraim will return to Egypt;
they will eat ritually unclean food in Assyria.
Verse 4They will not pour out drink offerings of wine to the Lord;
they will not please him with their sacrifices.
Their sacrifices will be like bread eaten while in mourning;
all those who eat them will make themselves ritually unclean.
For their bread will be only to satisfy their appetite;
it will not come into the temple of the Lord.
Verse 5So what will you do on the festival day,
on the festival days of the Lord?
No Escape for the Israelites This Time!
Verse 6Look! Even if they flee from the destruction,Egypt will take hold of them,
and Memphis will bury them.
The weeds will inherit the silver they treasure –
thorn bushes will occupy their homes.
Verse 7The time of judgment is about to arrive!
The time of retribution is imminent!
Let Israel know!Israel Rejects Hosea’s Prophetic ExhortationsThe prophet is considered a fool –
the inspired man is viewed as a madman –
because of the multitude of your sins
and your intense animosity.
Verse 8The prophet is a watchman over Ephraim on behalf of God,
yet traps are laid for him along all of his paths;
animosity rages against him in the land of his God.
The Best of Times, the Worst of Times
Verse 9They have sunk deep into corruptionas in the days of Gibeah.
He will remember their wrongdoing.
He will repay them for their sins.
Verse 10When I found Israel, it was like finding grapes in the wilderness.
I viewed your ancestors like an early fig on a fig tree in its first season.
Then they came to Baal-Peor and they dedicated themselves to shame –
they became as detestable as what they loved.
The Fertility Worshipers Will Become Infertile
Verse 11Ephraim will be like a bird;what they value will fly away.
They will not bear children –
they will not enjoy pregnancy –
they will not even conceive!
Verse 12Even if they raise their children,
I will take away every last one of them.
Woe to them!
For I will turn away from them.
Verse 13Just as lion cubs are born predators,
so Ephraim will bear his sons for slaughter.
Verse 14Give them, O Lord –
what will you give them?
Give them wombs that miscarry,
and breasts that cannot nurse!
Verse 15Because of all their evil in Gilgal,
I hate them there.
On account of their evil deeds,
I will drive them out of my land.
I will no longer love them;
all their rulers are rebels.
Verse 16Ephraim will be struck down –
their root will be dried up;
they will not yield any fruit.
Even if they do bear children,
I will kill their precious offspring.
Verse 17My God will reject them,
for they have not obeyed him;
so they will be fugitives among the nations.