Hosea 9

Douai-Rheims	New American Bible
¹ Rejoice not, O Israel: rejoice not as the nations do: for thou hast committed fornication against thy God, thou hast loved a reward upon every cornfloor.	¹ Rejoice not, O Israel, exult not like the nations! For you have been unfaithful to your God, loving a harlot's hire upon every threshing floor.
² The floor and the winepress shall not feed them, and the wine shall deceive them.	² Threshing floor and wine press shall not nourish them, the new wine shall fail them.
³ They shall not dwell in the Lord's land: Ephraim is returned to Egypt, and hath eaten unclean things among the Assyrians.	³ They shall not dwell in the LORD'S land; Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and in Assyria they shall eat unclean food.
⁴ They shall not offer wine to the Lord, neither shall they please him: their sacrifices shall be like the bread of mourners: all that shall eat it shall be defiled: for their bread is life for their soul, it shall not enter into the house of the Lord.	⁴ They shall not pour libations of wine to the LORD, or proffer their sacrifices before him. Theirs will be like mourners' bread, that makes unclean all who eat of it; Such food as they have shall be for themselves; it cannot enter the house of the LORD.
⁵ What will you do in the solemn day, in the day of the feast of the Lord?	⁵ What will you do on the festival day, the day of the LORD'S feast?
⁶ For behold they are gone because of destruction: Egypt shall gather them together, Memphis shall bury them: nettles shall inherit their beloved silver, the bur shall be in their tabernacles.	⁶ When they go from the ruins, Egypt shall gather them in, Memphis shall bury them. Weeds shall overgrow their silver treasures, and thorns invade their tents.
⁷ The days of visitation are come, the days of repaying are come: know ye, O Israel, that the prophet was foolish, the spiritual man was mad, for the multitude of thy iniquity, and the multitude of thy madness.	⁷ They have come, the days of punishment! they have come, the days of recompense! Let Israel know it! "The prophet is a fool, the man of the spirit is mad!" Because your iniquity is great, great, too, is your hostility.
⁸ The watchman of Ephraim was with my God: the prophet is become a snare of ruin upon all his ways, madness is in the house of his God.	⁸ A prophet is Ephraim's watchman with God, yet a fowler's snare is on all his ways, hostility in the house of his God.
⁹ They have sinned deeply, as in the days of Gabaa: he will remember their iniquity, and will visit their sin.	⁹ They have sunk to the depths of corruption, as in the days of Gibeah; He shall remember their iniquity and punish their sins.
¹⁰ I found Israel like grapes in the desert, I saw their fathers like the firstfruits of the fig tree in the top thereof: but they went in to Beelphegor, and alienated themselves to that confusion, and became abominable, as those things were, which they loved.	¹⁰ Like grapes in the desert, I found Israel; Like the first fruits of the fig tree in its prime, I considered your fathers. When they came to Baal-peor and consecrated themselves to the Shame, they became as abhorrent as the thing they loved.
¹¹ As for Ephraim, their glory hath flown away like a bird from the birth, and from the womb, and from the conception.	¹¹ The glory of Ephraim flies away like a bird: no birth, no carrying in the womb, no conception. Were they to bear children, I would slay the darlings of their womb.
¹² And though they should bring up their children, I will make them without children among men: yea, and woe to them, when I shall depart from them.	¹² Even though they bring up their children, I will make them childless, till not one is left. Woe to them when I turn away from them!
¹³ Ephraim, as I saw, was a Tyre founded in beauty: and Ephraim shall bring out his children to the murderer.	¹³ Ephraim, as I saw, was like Tyre, planted in a beauteous spot; But Ephraim shall bring out his children to the slayer.
¹⁴ Give them, O Lord. What wilt thou give them? Give them a womb without children, and dry breasts.	¹⁴ Give them, O LORD! give them what? Give them an unfruitful womb, and dry breasts!
¹⁵ All their wickedness is in Galgal, for there I hated them: for the wickedness of their devices I will cast them forth out of my house: I will love them no more, all their princes are revolters.	¹⁵ All their wickedness is in Gilgal; yes, there they incurred my hatred. Because of their wicked deeds I will drive them out of my house. I will love them no longer; all their princes are rebels.
¹⁶ Ephraim is struck, their root is dried up, they shall yield no fruit. And if they should have issue, I will slay the best beloved fruit of their womb.	¹⁶ Ephraim is stricken, their root is dried up; they shall bear no fruit.
¹⁷ My God will cast them away, because they hearkened not to him: and they shall be wanderers among the nations.	¹⁷ My God will disown them because they have not listened to him; they shall be wanderers among the nations.