Hosea 9

al-tismakh yisra'el el-gil ka'ammim ki zanita me'al elohekha ahavta etnan al kol-gornot dagan

Rejoice not, O Israel, As other peoples exult; For you have strayed Away from your God: You have loved a prostitute’s fee By every threshing floor of new grain.

goren vayeqev lo yirem vetirosh yekhakhesh bah

Threshing floor and winepress Shall not join them, And the new wine shall betray her.

lo yeshevu be'erets Adonai veshav efrayim mitsrayim uve'ashur tame yokhelu

They shall not be able to remain In GOD’s land. But Ephraim shall return to Egypt And shall eat impure food in Assyria.

lo-yissekhu la-Adonai yayin velo ye'ervu-lo zivkhehem kelekhem onim lahem kol-okhelayw yittamma'u ki-lakhmam lenafsham lo yavo bet Adonai

It shall be for them like the food of mourners, All who partake of which are defiled. They will offer no libations of wine to GOD, And no sacrifices of theirs will please; But their food will be only for their hunger, It shall not come into the House of GOD.

mah-tta'asu leyom mo'ed uleyom khag-Adonai

What will you do about feast days, About the festivals of GOD?

ki-hinneh halekhu mishod mitsrayim teqabbetsem mof teqabberem makhmad lekhaspam qimmos yirashem khoakh be'oholehem

Behold, they have gone from destruction [With] the silver they treasure. Egypt shall hold them fast, Moph shall receive them in burial. Weeds are their heirs; Prickly shrubs occupy their [old] homes.

ba'u yeme happequddah ba'u yeme hashillum yede'u yisra'el evil hannavi meshugga ish haruakh al rov avonekha verabbah mastemah

The days of punishment have come For your heavy guilt; The days of requital have come— Let Israel know it! The prophet was distraught, The inspired man driven mad By constant harassment.

tsofeh efrayim im-elohay navi pakh yaqosh al-kol-derakhayw mastemah bevet elohayw

Ephraim watches for my God. As for the prophet, Fowlers’ snares are on all his paths, Harassment in the House of his God.

hemiqu shikhetu kime haggivah yizkor avonam yifqod khattovtam

They have been as grievously corrupt As in the days of Gibeah; [God] will remember their iniquity, And will punish their sins.

ka'anavim bammidbar matsati yisra'el kevikkurah vitenah bereshitah ra'iti avotekhem hemmah ba'u va'al-pe'or vayyinnazeru labboshet vayyihyu shiqqutsim ke'ohovam

I found Israel [as pleasing] As grapes in the wilderness; Your ancestors seemed to Me Like the first fig to ripen on a fig tree. But when they came to Baal-peor, They turned aside to shamefulness; Then they became as detested As they had been loved.

efrayim ka'of yitofef kevodam milledah umibbeten umeherayon

From birth, from the womb, from conception Ephraim’s glory shall be Like birds that fly away.

ki im-yegaddelu et-benehem veshikkaltim me'adam ki-gam-oy lahem besuri mehem

Even if they rear their infants, I will bereave them of everyone. Woe to them indeed When I turn away from them!

efrayim ka'asher-ra'iti letsor shetulah venaveh ve'efrayim lehotsi el-horeg banayw

It shall go with Ephraim As I have seen it go with Tyre, Which was planted in a meadow; Ephraim too must bring out His children to slayers.

ten-lahem Adonai mah-ttitten ten-lahem rekhem mashkil veshadayim tsomeqim

Give them, O ETERNAL One—give them what? Give them a womb that miscarries, And shriveled breasts!

kol-ra'atam baggilgal ki-sham senetim al roa ma'allehem mibbeti agareshem lo osef ahavatam kol-sarehem sorerim

All their misfortune [began] at Gilgal, For there I disowned them. For their evil deeds I will drive them out of My House. I will accept them no more; All their officials are disloyal.

hukkah efrayim shorsham yavesh peri (vly) [val-]ya'asun gam ki yeledun vehematti makhamadde vitnam

Ephraim is stricken, Their stock is withered; They can produce no fruit. Even if they do bear children, I will slay their cherished offspring.

yimasem elohay ki lo shame'u lo veyihyu nodedim baggoyim

My God rejects them Because they have not obeyed, And they shall go wandering Among the nations.