3 They won’t remain in the land of the Lord;but Ephraim will return to Egypt,and in Assyria they will eat unclean food.
4 They won’t pour wine as an offering to the Lord;their sacrifices won’t please him.Such sacrifices will be like food for those who touch the dead;all who eat of it will be unclean;their bread will be for their hunger alone;it will not come to the Lord’s house.
5 What will you do on the day of appointed festival,on the day of the Lord’s festival?
6 Even if they escape destruction,Egypt will gather them,Memphis will bury them.Briars will possess their precious things of silver;thorns will be in their tents.
7 The days of punishment have come;the days of judgment have arrived;Israel cries,"The prophet is a fool,the spiritual man is mad!"Because of your great wickedness,your rejection of me is great.
8 The prophet is God’s watchmanlooking over Ephraim,yet a hunter’s trap is set, covering all his ways,and rejection is in his God’s house.
9 They have corrupted themselves terriblyas in the days of Gibeah;he will remember their wickedness;he will punish their sins.