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.
8 The 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.
9 They have sunk deep into corruptionas in the days of Gibeah.He will remember their wrongdoing.He will repay them for their sins.
10 When 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.