Hosea 9:3

אַל־תִּשְׂמַ֨ח יִשְׂרָאֵ֤ל ׀ אֶל־גִּיל֙ כָּעַמִּ֔ים כִּ֥י זָנִ֖יתָ מֵעַ֣ל אֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ אָהַ֣בְתָּ אֶתְנָ֔ן עַ֖ל כׇּל־גׇּרְנ֥וֹת דָּגָֽן׃ Rejoice not, O Israel,
As other peoples exult;
For you have strayed
Away from your God:
You have loved a prostitute’s fee
By every threshing floor of new grain.

גֹּ֥רֶן וָיֶ֖קֶב לֹ֣א יִרְעֵ֑ם וְתִיר֖וֹשׁ יְכַ֥חֶשׁ בָּֽהּ׃ Threshing floor and winepress
Shall not join them,
And the new wine shall betray her.^aYou have loved a prostitute’s fee / By every threshing floor of new grain. / Threshing floor and winepress / Shall not join them, / And the new wine shall betray her Emendation and rearrangement yield: “You have loved fornication / By every threshing floor and press; / The new grain shall not join them, / And the new wine shall fail them.”

לֹא־יִסְּכ֨וּ לַיהֹוָ֥ה ׀ יַ֘יִן֮ וְלֹ֣א יֶעֶרְבוּ־לוֹ֒ זִבְחֵיהֶ֗ם כְּלֶ֤חֶם אוֹנִים֙ לָהֶ֔ם כׇּל־אֹכְלָ֖יו יִטַּמָּ֑אוּ כִּֽי־לַחְמָ֣ם לְנַפְשָׁ֔ם לֹ֥א יָב֖וֹא בֵּ֥ית יְהֹוָֽה׃ It shall be for them like the food of mourners,
All who partake of which are defiled.
They will offer no libations of wine to GOD,
And no sacrifices of theirs will please;
But their food will be only for their hunger,
It shall not come into the House of GOD.

מַֽה־תַּעֲשׂ֖וּ לְי֣וֹם מוֹעֵ֑ד וּלְי֖וֹם חַג־יְהֹוָֽה׃ What will you do about feast days,
About the festivals of GOD?

כִּֽי־הִנֵּ֤ה הָֽלְכוּ֙ מִשֹּׁ֔ד מִצְרַ֥יִם תְּקַבְּצֵ֖ם מֹ֣ף תְּקַבְּרֵ֑ם מַחְמַ֣ד לְכַסְפָּ֗ם קִמּוֹשׂ֙ יִֽירָשֵׁ֔ם ח֖וֹחַ בְּאׇהֳלֵיהֶֽם׃ Behold, they have gone from destruction^cfrom destruction Emendation yields “to Assyria.”
[With] the silver they treasure.
Egypt shall hold them fast,^dhold them fast Cf. 8.10.
Moph^eMoph Believed to be Memphis, elsewhere called Noph. shall receive them in burial.
Weeds are their heirs;
Prickly shrubs occupy their [old] homes.

בָּ֣אוּ ׀ יְמֵ֣י הַפְּקֻדָּ֗ה בָּ֚אוּ יְמֵ֣י הַשִּׁלֻּ֔ם יֵדְע֖וּ יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל אֱוִ֣יל הַנָּבִ֗יא מְשֻׁגָּע֙ אִ֣ישׁ הָר֔וּחַ עַ֚ל רֹ֣ב עֲוֺנְךָ֔ וְרַבָּ֖ה מַשְׂטֵמָֽה׃ The days of punishment have come
For your heavy guilt;
The days of requital have come—
Let Israel know it!
The prophet was distraught,
The inspired man driven mad
By constant harassment.

צֹפֶ֥ה אֶפְרַ֖יִם עִם־אֱלֹהָ֑י נָבִ֞יא פַּ֤ח יָקוֹשׁ֙ עַל־כׇּל־דְּרָכָ֔יו מַשְׂטֵמָ֖ה בְּבֵ֥ית אֱלֹהָֽיו׃ Ephraim watches for my God.
As for the prophet,^fmy God. / As for the prophet Emendation yields “the prophet of my God.”
Fowlers’ snares are on all his paths,
Harassment in the House of his God.

הֶעְמִ֥יקוּ שִׁחֵ֖תוּ כִּימֵ֣י הַגִּבְעָ֑ה יִזְכּ֣וֹר עֲוֺנָ֔ם יִפְק֖וֹד חַטֹּאותָֽם׃ {ס}         They have been as grievously corrupt
As in the days of Gibeah;^gthe days of Gibeah See Judg. 19–20.
[God] will remember their iniquity,
And will punish their sins.

כַּעֲנָבִ֣ים בַּמִּדְבָּ֗ר מָצָ֙אתִי֙ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל כְּבִכּוּרָ֤הֿ בִתְאֵנָה֙ בְּרֵ֣אשִׁיתָ֔הּ רָאִ֖יתִי אֲבוֹתֵיכֶ֑ם הֵ֜מָּה בָּ֣אוּ בַֽעַל־פְּע֗וֹר וַיִּנָּֽזְרוּ֙ לַבֹּ֔שֶׁת וַיִּהְי֥וּ שִׁקּוּצִ֖ים כְּאׇהֳבָֽם׃ I found Israel [as pleasing]
As grapes in the wilderness;
Your ancestors seemed to Me
Like the first fig to ripen on a fig tree.^hLike the first fig to ripen on a fig tree Emendation yields “like a ripe fig in a waterless waste”; cf. 13.5.
But when they came to Baal-peor,
They turned aside to shamefulness;ⁱshamefulness Cf. Num. 25.1–3.
Then they became as detested
As they had been loved.^jThen they became … loved Meaning of Heb. uncertain.

אֶפְרַ֕יִם כָּע֖וֹף יִתְעוֹפֵ֣ף כְּבוֹדָ֑ם מִלֵּדָ֥ה וּמִבֶּ֖טֶן וּמֵהֵרָיֽוֹן׃ From birth, from the womb, from conception
Ephraim’s glory shall be
Like birds that fly away.^kV. 16 would read well after this verse.

כִּ֤י אִם־יְגַדְּלוּ֙ אֶת־בְּנֵיהֶ֔ם וְשִׁכַּלְתִּ֖ים מֵאָדָ֑ם כִּֽי־גַם־א֥וֹי לָהֶ֖ם בְּשׂוּרִ֥י מֵהֶֽם׃ Even if they rear their infants,
I will bereave them of everyone.
Woe to them indeed
When I turn away from them!^lWoe to them indeed / When I turn away from them! Emendation yields: “Even if they wean their babes, / They shall be dismayed because of them.”

אֶפְרַ֛יִם כַּאֲשֶׁר־רָאִ֥יתִי לְצ֖וֹר שְׁתוּלָ֣ה בְנָוֶ֑ה וְאֶפְרַ֕יִם לְהוֹצִ֥יא אֶל־הֹרֵ֖ג בָּנָֽיו׃ It shall go with Ephraim
As I have seen it go with Tyre,
Which was planted in a meadow;^mIt shall go … in a meadow Meaning of Heb. uncertain.
Ephraim too must bring out
His children to slayers.

תֵּן־לָהֶ֥ם יְהֹוָ֖ה מַה־תִּתֵּ֑ן תֵּן־לָהֶם֙ רֶ֣חֶם מַשְׁכִּ֔יל וְשָׁדַ֖יִם צֹמְקִֽים׃ Give them, O ETERNAL One—give them what?
Give them a womb that miscarries,
And shriveled breasts!

כׇּל־רָעָתָ֤ם בַּגִּלְגָּל֙ כִּי־שָׁ֣ם שְׂנֵאתִ֔ים עַ֚ל רֹ֣עַ מַעַלְלֵיהֶ֔ם מִבֵּיתִ֖י אֲגָרְשֵׁ֑ם לֹ֤א אוֹסֵף֙ אַהֲבָתָ֔ם כׇּל־שָׂרֵיהֶ֖ם סֹרְרִֽים׃ All their misfortune [began] at Gilgal,
For there I disowned them.ⁿthem The specific allusion is uncertain.
For their evil deeds
I will drive them out of My House.
I will accept them no more;
All their officials are^oAll their officials are Emendation yields “They are all.” disloyal.

הֻכָּ֣ה אֶפְרַ֔יִם שׇׁרְשָׁ֥ם יָבֵ֖שׁ פְּרִ֣י (בלי) [בַֽל־]יַעֲשׂ֑וּן גַּ֚ם כִּ֣י יֵלֵד֔וּן וְהֵמַתִּ֖י מַחֲמַדֵּ֥י בִטְנָֽם׃ Ephraim^pEphraim Targum reads “Their crown,” i.e., of a tree. is stricken,
Their stock is withered;
They can produce no fruit.
Even if they do bear children,
I will slay their cherished offspring.

יִמְאָסֵ֣ם אֱלֹהַ֔י כִּ֛י לֹ֥א שָׁמְע֖וּ ל֑וֹ וְיִֽהְי֥וּ נֹדְדִ֖ים בַּגּוֹיִֽם׃ {ס}         My God rejects them
Because they have not obeyed,
And they shall go wandering
Among the nations.