1 Do not choose to rejoice, Israel; do not celebrate as the crowds do. For you have been committing fornication against your God; you have loved a prize upon every threshing floor of wheat.
2 The threshing floor and the oil press will not feed them, and the wine will deceive them.
3 They will not dwell in the land of the Lord. Ephraim has been returned to Egypt, and he has eaten polluted things among the Assyrians.
4 They will not offer a libation of wine to the Lord, and they will not please him. Their sacrifices will be like the bread of mourners. All those who eat it will be defiled. For their bread is of their soul; it will not enter into the house of the Lord.
5 What will you do on the solemn day, on the day of the feast of the Lord?
6 For, behold, they have been sent away by devastation. Egypt will gather them together; Memphis will bury them. Nettles will inherit their desired silver; the burr will be in their tabernacles.
7 The days of visitation have arrived; the days of retribution are here. Know this, Israel: that the prophet was foolish, the spiritual man was mad, because of the multitude of your iniquities and the great extent of your foolishness.
8 The watcher of Ephraim was with my God. The prophet has become a snare of ruin over all his ways; insanity is in the house of his God.
9 They have sinned profoundly, just as in the days of Gibeah. He will remember their iniquity, and he will repay their sin.
10 I discovered Israel like grapes in the desert. Like the first fruits of the fig tree, I saw their fathers on the end of its branches. But they went in to Baal-peor, and they have been estranged by intermingling, and they have became abominable, just like the things that they chose to love.
11 Ephraim has chased away their glory like a bird: from birth, and from the womb, and from conception.
12 And even if they should nurture their sons, I will make them without children among men. Yes, and woe to them, when I have withdrawn from them.
13 Ephraim, as I see it, was a Tyre, founded by beauty. And Ephraim will lead his sons to execution.
14 Give them, O Lord. What will you give them? Give them a womb without children, and dry breasts.
15 All their wickedness is in Gilgal, for I held them there, in their hatred. Because of the malice of their inventions, I will expel them from my house. I will no longer say that I love them; all their leaders have retreated.
16 Ephraim has been struck; their root has been dried out: by no means will they yield fruit. And even if they should conceive, I will execute the most beloved of their womb.
17 My God will cast them aside because they have not listened to him; and they will be wanderers among the nations.
Versículos relacionados com Hosea, 9:
Hosea Chapter 9 deals with the imminent punishment that God will bring about the people of Israel because of their sins and infidelity. Israel had become a rotten fruit, and God would reject them and leave them alone. Following are five selected verses from other parts of the Bible that address topics related to this chapter:
Jeremiah 17:10: "I, the Lord, squad my heart, I prove the thoughts; and this to give each one according to his ways, according to the fruit of his works." This verse talks about God's righteousness and how he judges each one according to his works, a theme present in Hosea 9.
Proverbs 1:31: "Therefore, they will eat the fruit of their way, and shall be bound of their own advice." This verse highlights how the choices and actions of the people of Israel have resulted in their own destruction.
Jeremiah 2:19: "Your own malice shall punish you, and your apostasies will rebuke you; you know, and see, that evil and how bitter is the Lord, your God, and do not have my fear in you, says The Lord, the god of armies. " This verse talks about the punishment that comes as a result of infidelity and apostasy, a theme present in Hosea 9.
Psalm 9:16: "The Lord manifested himself, executing judgment; he destroyed the wicked and erased his name forever." This verse talks about God's righteousness and how it destroys the wicked, something the people of Israel were about to experience.
Psalm 78:31-32: "It was then that the wrath of God lit against them; He killed the strongest among them, and wounded the young people of Israel. Nevertheless, they continued to sin, and did not believe in their wonders . " This verse talks about the rebellion and infidelity of the people of Israel, who continued to sin despite the punishment of God, a theme present in Hosea 9.
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