1 O people of Israel,do not rejoice as other nations do.For you have been unfaithful to your God,hiring yourselves out like prostitutes,worshiping other gods on every threshing floor.
2 So now your harvests will be too small to feed you.There will be no grapes for making new wine.
3 You may no longer stay here in the lord’s land.Instead, you will return to Egypt,and in Assyria you will eat foodthat is ceremonially unclean.
4 There you will make no offerings of wine to the lord.None of your sacrifices there will please him.They will be unclean, like food touched by a person in mourning.All who present such sacrifices will be defiled.They may eat this food themselves,but they may not offer it to the lord.
5 What then will you do on festival days?How will you observe the lord’s festivals?
6 Even if you escape destruction from Assyria,Egypt will conquer you, and Memphis will bury you.Nettles will take over your treasures of silver;thistles will invade your ruined homes.