1 Rejoice not, O Israel, for joy, like the peoples; for thou hast played the harlot, departing from thy God; thou hast loved hire upon every grain-floor.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- Rejoice H8055 (שָׂמַח) — probably to brighten up, i.e. (figuratively) be (causatively, make) blithe or gleesome
- not, O Israel H3478 (יִשְׂרָאֵל) — he will rule as God; Jisraël, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
- for joy H1524 (גִּיל) — a revolution (of time, i.e. an age); also joy
- people H5971 (עַם) — a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
- for thou hast gone a whoring H2181 (זָנָה) — to commit adultery (usually of the female, and less often of simple fornication, rarely of involuntary ravishment); figuratively, to commit idolatry (the Jewish…
- from thy God H430 (אֱלֹהִים) — gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference…
- thou hast loved H157 (אָהַב) — to have affection for (sexually or otherwise)
- a reward H868 (אֶתְנַן) — a gift (as the price of harlotry or idolatry)
- upon every threshing floor H1715 (דָּגָן) — properly, increase, i.e. grain
- upon every threshing floor H1637 (גֹּרֶן) — a threshing-floor (as made even); by analogy, any open area
2 The threshing-floor and the winepress shall not feed them, and the new wine shall fail her.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- The floor H1637 (גֹּרֶן) — a threshing-floor (as made even); by analogy, any open area
- and the winepress H3342 (יֶקֶב) — a trough (as dug out); specifically, a wine-vat (whether the lower one, into which the juice drains; or the upper, in which the grapes are crushed)
- shall not feed H7462 (רָעָה) — to tend a flock; i.e. pasture it; intransitively, to graze (literally or figuratively); generally to rule; by extension, to associate with (as a friend)
- them, and the new wine H8492 (תִּירוֹשׁ) — must or fresh grape-juice (as just squeezed out); by implication (rarely) fermented wine
- shall fail H3584 (כָּחַשׁ) — to be untrue, in word (to lie, feign, disown) or deed (to disappoint, fail, cringe)
3 They shall not dwell in Jehovah’s land; but Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and they shall eat unclean food in Assyria.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- They shall not dwell H3427 (יָשַׁב) — properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
- in Yhwh’s H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
- land H776 (אֶרֶץ) — the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
- but Ephraim H669 (אֶפְרַיִם) — Ephrajim, a son of Joseph; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory
- shall return H7725 (שׁוּב) — to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally…
- to Egypt H4714 (מִצְרַיִם) — Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt
- and they shall eat H398 (אָכַל) — to eat (literally or figuratively)
- unclean H2931 (טָמֵא) — foul in a religious sense
- in Assyria H804 (אַשּׁוּר) — Ashshur, the second son of Shem; also his descendants and the country occupied by them (i.e. Assyria), its region and its empire
4 They shall not pour out wine- offerings to Jehovah, neither shall they be pleasing unto him: their sacrifices shall be unto them as the bread of mourners; all that eat thereof shall be polluted; for their bread shall be for their appetite; it shall not come into the house of Jehovah.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- They shall not offer H5258 (נָסַךְ) — to pour out, especially a libation, or to cast (metal); by analogy, to anoint a king
- wine H3196 (יַיִן) — wine (as fermented); by implication, intoxication
- to Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
- neither shall they be pleasing H6149 (עָרֵב) — to be agreeable
- unto him: their sacrifices H2077 (זֶבַח) — properly, a slaughter, i.e. the flesh of an animal; by implication, a sacrifice (the victim or the act)
- unto them as the bread H3899 (לֶחֶם) — food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)
- of mourners H205 (אָוֶן) — strictly nothingness; also trouble, vanity, wickedness; specifically an idol
- all that eat H398 (אָכַל) — to eat (literally or figuratively)
- thereof shall be polluted H2930 (טָמֵא) — to be foul, especially in a ceremial or moral sense (contaminated)
- for their bread H3899 (לֶחֶם) — food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)
- for their soul H5315 (נֶפֶשׁ) — properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
- shall not come H935 (בּוֹא) — to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
- into the house H1004 (בַּיִת) — a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
- of Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
5 What will ye do in the day of solemn assembly, and in the day of the feast of Jehovah?Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- What will ye do H6213 (עָשָׂה) — to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
- in the solemn H4150 (מוֹעֵד) — properly, an appointment, i.e. a fixed time or season; specifically, a festival; conventionally a year; by implication, an assembly (as convened for a definite…
- day H3117 (יוֹם) — a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated ter…
- and in the day H3117 (יוֹם) — a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated ter…
- of the feast H2282 (חַג) — a festival, or a victim therefor
- of Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
6 For, lo, they are gone away from destruction; yet Egypt shall gather them up, Memphis shall bury them; their pleasant things of silver, nettles shall possess them; thorns shall be in their tents.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- For, lo, they are gone H1980 (הָלַךְ) — to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
- because of destruction H7701 (שֹׁד) — violence, ravage
- Egypt H4714 (מִצְרַיִם) — Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt
- shall gather them up H6908 (קָבַץ) — to grasp, i.e. collect
- Memphis H4644 (מֹף) — Moph, the capital of Lower Egypt
- shall bury H6912 (קָבַר) — to inter
- them: the pleasant H4261 (מַחְמָד) — delightful; hence, a delight, i.e. object of affection or desire
- for their silver H3701 (כֶּסֶף) — silver (from its pale color); by implication, money
- nettles H7057 (קִמּוֹשׁ) — a prickly plant
- shall possess H3423 (יָרַשׁ) — to occupy (by driving out previous tenants, and possessing in their place); by implication, to seize, to rob, to inherit; also to expel, to impoverish, to ruin
- them: thorns H2336 (חוֹחַ) — a thorn; by analogy, a ring for the nose
- in their tabernacles H168 (אֹהֶל) — a tent (as clearly conspicuous from a distance)
7 The days of visitation are come, the days of recompense are come; Israel shall know it: the prophet is a fool, the man that hath the spirit is mad, for the abundance of thine iniquity, and because the enmity is great.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- The days H3117 (יוֹם) — a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated ter…
- of visitation H6486 (פְּקֻדָּה) — visitation (in many senses, chiefly official)
- are come H935 (בּוֹא) — to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
- of recompence H7966 (שִׁלּוּם) — a requital, i.e. (secure) retribution, (venal) a fee
- Israel H3478 (יִשְׂרָאֵל) — he will rule as God; Jisraël, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
- shall know H3045 (יָדַע) — to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation…
- the prophet H5030 (נָבִיא) — a prophet or (generally) inspired man
- a fool H191 (אֱוִיל) — (figuratively) silly
- the spiritual H7307 (רוּחַ) — wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by re…
- man H376 (אִישׁ) — a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
- mad H7696 (שָׁגַע) — to rave through insanity
- for the multitude H7230 (רֹב) — abundance (in any respect)
- of thine iniquity H5771 (עָוֺן) — perversity, i.e. (moral) evil
- and the great H7227 (רַב) — abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)
- hatred H4895 (מַשְׂטֵמָה) — enmity
8 Ephraim was a watchman with my God: as for the prophet, a fowler’s snare is in all his ways, and enmity in the house of his God.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- The watchman H6822 (צָפָה) — properly, to lean forward, i.e. to peer into the distance; by implication, to observe, await
- of Ephraim H669 (אֶפְרַיִם) — Ephrajim, a son of Joseph; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory
- with my God H430 (אֱלֹהִים) — gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference…
- the prophet H5030 (נָבִיא) — a prophet or (generally) inspired man
- a snare H6341 (פַּח) — a (metallic) sheet (as pounded thin); also a spring net (as spread out like a lamina)
- of a fowler H3352 (יָקוֹשׁ) — properly, entangling; hence, a snarer
- in all his ways H1870 (דֶּרֶךְ) — a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
- hatred H4895 (מַשְׂטֵמָה) — enmity
- in the house H1004 (בַּיִת) — a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
- of his God H430 (אֱלֹהִים) — gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference…
9 They have deeply corrupted themselves, as in the days of Gibeah: he will remember their iniquity, he will visit their sins.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- They have deeply H6009 (עָמַק) — to be (causatively, make) deep (literally or figuratively)
- corrupted H7843 (שָׁחַת) — to decay, i.e. (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively)
- as in the days H3117 (יוֹם) — a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated ter…
- of Gibeah H1390 (גִּבְעָה) — Gibah; the name of three places in Palestine
- he will remember H2142 (זָכַר) — properly, to mark (so as to be recognized), i.e. to remember; by implication, to mention; to be male
- their iniquity H5771 (עָוֺן) — perversity, i.e. (moral) evil
- he will visit H6485 (פָּקַד) — to visit (with friendly or hostile intent); by analogy, to oversee, muster, charge, care for, miss, deposit, etc.
- their sins H2403 (חַטָּאָה) — an offence (sometimes habitual sinfulness), and its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, or expiation; also (concretely) an offender
10 I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness; I saw your fathers as the first-ripe in the fig-tree at its first season: but they came to Baal-peor, and consecrated themselves unto the shameful thing, and became abominable like that which they loved.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- I found H4672 (מָצָא) — properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
- Israel H3478 (יִשְׂרָאֵל) — he will rule as God; Jisraël, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
- like grapes H6025 (עֵנָב) — a grape
- in the wilderness H4057 (מִדְבָּר) — a pasture (i.e. open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert; also speech (including its organs)
- I saw H7200 (רָאָה) — to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
- your fathers H1 (אָב) — father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
- as the firstripe H1063 (בִּכּוּרָה) — the early fig
- in the fig tree H8384 (תְּאֵן) — the fig (tree or fruit)
- at her first time H7225 (רֵאשִׁית) — the first, in place, time, order or rank (specifically, a firstfruit)
- they went H935 (בּוֹא) — to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
- to Baal–peor H1187 (בַּעַל פְּעוֹר) — Baal-Peor, a Moabitish deity
- and separated H5144 (נָזַר) — to hold aloof, i.e. (intransitivey) abstain (from food and drink, from impurity, and even from divine worship (i.e. apostatize)); specifically, to set apart (to…
- shame H1322 (בֹּשֶׁת) — shame (the feeling and the condition, as well as its cause); by implication (specifically) an idol
- abominations H8251 (שִׁקּוּץ) — disgusting, i.e. filthy; especially idolatrous or (concretely) an idol
- were according as they loved H157 (אָהַב) — to have affection for (sexually or otherwise)
11 As for Ephraim, their glory shall fly away like a bird: there shall be no birth, and none with child, and no conception.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- Ephraim H669 (אֶפְרַיִם) — Ephrajim, a son of Joseph; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory
- their glory H3519 (כָּבוֹד) — properly, weight, but only figuratively in a good sense, splendor or copiousness
- shall fly away H5774 (עוּף) — to fly; also (by implication of dimness) to faint (from the darkness of swooning)
- like a bird H5775 (עוֹף) — a bird (as covered with feathers, or rather as covering with wings), often collectively
- from the birth H3205 (יָלַד) — to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage
- and from the womb H990 (בֶּטֶן) — the belly, especially the womb; also the bosom or body of anything
- and from the conception H2032 (הֵרוֹן) — pregnancy
12 Though they bring up their children, yet will I bereave them, so that not a man shall be left: yea, woe also to them when I depart from them!Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- Though they bring up H1431 (גָּדַל) — to be (causatively make) large (in various senses, as in body, mind, estate or honor, also in pride)
- their children H1121 (בֵּן) — a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition,…
- yet will I bereave H7921 (שָׁכֹל) — properly, to miscarry, i.e. suffer abortion; by analogy, to bereave (literally or figuratively)
- a man H120 (אָדָם) — ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)
- yea, woe H188 (אוֹי) — lamentation; also interjectionally Oh!
- also to them when I depart H5493 (סוּר) — to turn off (literally or figuratively)
13 Ephraim, like as I have seen Tyre, is planted in a pleasant place: but Ephraim shall bring out his children to the slayer.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- Ephraim H669 (אֶפְרַיִם) — Ephrajim, a son of Joseph; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory
- as I saw H7200 (רָאָה) — to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
- Tyre H6865 (צֹר) — Tsor, a place in Palestine
- planted H8362 (שָׁתַל) — to transplant
- in a pleasant place H5116 (נָוֶה) — (adjectively) at home; hence (by implication of satisfaction) lovely; also (noun) a home, of God (temple), men (residence), flocks (pasture), or wild animals (d…
- but Ephraim H669 (אֶפְרַיִם) — Ephrajim, a son of Joseph; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory
- shall bring forth H3318 (יָצָא) — to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.
- his children H1121 (בֵּן) — a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition,…
- to the murderer H2026 (הָרַג) — to smite with deadly intent
14 Give them, O Jehovah—what wilt thou give? give them a miscarrying womb and dry breasts.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- Give H5414 (נָתַן) — to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
- them, O Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
- what wilt thou give H5414 (נָתַן) — to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
- them a miscarrying H7921 (שָׁכֹל) — properly, to miscarry, i.e. suffer abortion; by analogy, to bereave (literally or figuratively)
- womb H7358 (רֶחֶם) — the womb
- and dry H6784 (צָמַק) — to dry up
- breasts H7699 (שַׁד) — the breast of a woman or animal (as bulging)
15 All their wickedness is in Gilgal; for there I hated them: because of the wickedness of their doings I will drive them out of my house; I will love them no more; all their princes are revolters.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- All their wickedness H7451 (רַע) — bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
- in Gilgal H1537 (גִּלְגָּל) — Gilgal, the name of three places in Palestine
- for there I hated H8130 (שָׂנֵא) — to hate (personally)
- them: for the wickedness H7455 (רֹעַ) — badness (as marring), physically or morally
- of their doings H4611 (מַעֲלָל) — an act (good or bad)
- I will drive them out H1644 (גָּרַשׁ) — to drive out from a possession; especially to expatriate or divorce
- of mine house H1004 (בַּיִת) — a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
- I will love H160 (אַהֲבָה)
- them no more H3254 (יָסַף) — to add or augment (often adverbial, to continue to do a thing)
- all their princes H8269 (שַׂר) — a head person (of any rank or class)
- revolters H5637 (סָרַר) — to turn away, i.e. (morally) be refractory
16 Ephraim is smitten, their root is dried up, they shall bear no fruit: yea, though they bring forth, yet will I slay the beloved fruit of their womb.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- Ephraim H669 (אֶפְרַיִם) — Ephrajim, a son of Joseph; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory
- is smitten H5221 (נָכָה) — to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)
- their root H8328 (שֶׁרֶשׁ) — a root (literally or figuratively)
- is dried up H3001 (יָבֵשׁ) — to be ashamed, confused or disappointed; also (as failing) to dry up (as water) or wither (as herbage)
- they shall bear H6213 (עָשָׂה) — to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
- no fruit H6529 (פְּרִי) — fruit (literally or figuratively)
- yea, though they bring forth H3205 (יָלַד) — to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage
- yet will I slay H4191 (מוּת) — to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill
- the beloved H4261 (מַחְמָד) — delightful; hence, a delight, i.e. object of affection or desire
- of their womb H990 (בֶּטֶן) — the belly, especially the womb; also the bosom or body of anything
17 My God will cast them away, because they did not hearken unto him; and they shall be wanderers among the nations.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- My God H430 (אֱלֹהִים) — gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference…
- will cast them away H3988 (מָאַס) — to spurn; also (intransitively) to disappear
- because they did not hearken H8085 (שָׁמַע) — to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
- unto him: and they shall be wanderers H5074 (נָדַד) — properly, to wave to and fro (rarely to flap up and down); figuratively, to rove, flee, or (causatively) to drive away
- among the nations H1471 (גּוֹי) — a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts