1 O Israel, do not rejoice jubilantly like the nations,for you are unfaithful to your God.You love to receive a prostitute's wageson all the floors where you thresh your grain.
2 Threshing floors and wine vats will not feed the people,and new wine only deceives them.
3 They will not remain in the Lord’s land.Ephraim will return to Egypt;they will eat ritually unclean food in Assyria.
4 They 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.
5 So what will you do on the festival day,on the festival days of the Lord?
6 Look! 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.
7 The time of judgment is about to arrive!The time of retribution is imminent!Let Israel know! The prophet is considered a fool – the inspired man is viewed as a madman – because of the multitude of your sinsand your intense animosity.