1 Do not rejoice, Israel;do not be jubilant like the other nations.For you have been unfaithful to your God;you love the wages of a prostituteat every threshing-floor.
2 Threshing-floors and winepresses will not feed the people;the new wine will fail them.
3 They will not remain in the Lord’s land;Ephraim will return to Egyptand eat unclean food in Assyria.
4 They will not pour out wine offerings to the Lord,nor will their sacrifices please him.Such sacrifices will be to them like the bread of mourners;all who eat them will be unclean.This food will be for themselves;it will not come into the temple of the Lord.
5 What will you do on the day of your appointed festivals,on the feast days of the Lord?
6 Even if they escape from destruction,Egypt will gather them,and Memphis will bury them.Their treasures of silver will be taken over by briers,and thorns will overrun their tents.
7 The days of punishment are coming,the days of reckoning are at hand.Let Israel know this.Because your sins are so manyand your hostility so great,the prophet is considered a fool,the inspired person a maniac.