1 Israel, do not rejoice.Don’t celebrate as the other nations do.You have been unfaithful to your God.You love the grain on your threshing floors.So you worship the gods who supposedly gave it.
2 But there won’t be enough grain to feed the people.And there won’t be enough wine to go around.
3 The Israelites will not stay in the Lord’s land.Israel will return to being captives as they were in Egypt.In Assyria they will eat food that they are not allowed to eat.
4 The Israelites will not give offerings of wine to the Lord.Their sacrifices will not please him.Their sacrifices will be like food that is eaten at a funeral.It is unclean, and everyone who eats it becomes unclean.Their food will only satisfy their hunger.They cannot sacrifice it in the Temple.
5 What will you do then on the day of feastsand on the festival days of the Lord?