9:1 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.
9:1 Do not rejoice, O Israel, with exultation like the nations! For you have played the harlot, forsaking your God. You have loved [harlots '] earnings on every threshing floor.

9:2 The threshing-floor and the winepress shall not feed them, and the new wine shall fail her.
9:2 Threshing floor and wine press will not feed them, And the new wine will fail them.

9:3 They shall not dwell in Jehovah's land; but Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and they shall eat unclean food in Assyria.
9:3 They will not remain in the Lord's land, But Ephraim will return to Egypt, And in Assyria they will eat unclean [food.]

9:4 They shall not pour out wineofferings) 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.
9:4 They will not pour out libations of wine to the LORD, Their sacrifices will not please Him. [Their bread will be] like mourners' bread; All who eat of it will be defiled, For their bread will be for themselves [alone]; It will not enter the house of the LORD.

9:5 What will ye do in the day of solemn assembly, and in the day of the feast of Jehovah?
9:5 What will you do on the day of the appointed festival And on the day of the feast of the LORD?

9:6 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.
9:6 For behold, they will go because of destruction; Egypt will gather them up, Memphis will bury them. Weeds will take over their treasures of silver; Thorns [will be] in their tents.

9:7 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.
9:7 The days of punishment have come, The days of retribution have come; Let Israel know [this]! The prophet is a fool, The inspired man is demented, Because of the grossness of your iniquity, And [because] your hostility is [so] great.

9:8 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.
9:8 Ephraim [was] a watchman with my God, a prophet; [Yet] the snare of a bird catcher is in all his ways, [And] there is [only] hostility in the house of his God.

9:9 They have deeply corrupted themselves, as in the days of Gibeah: he will remember their iniquity, he will visit their sins.
9:9 They have gone deep in depravity As in the days of Gibeah; He will remember their iniquity, He will punish their sins.

9:10 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.
9:10 I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness; I saw your forefathers as the earliest fruit on the fig tree in its first [season.] [But] they came to Baal-peor and devoted themselves to shame, And they became as detestable as that which they loved.

9:11 As for Ephraim, their glory shall fly away like a bird: there shall be no birth, and none with child, and no conception.
9:11 As for Ephraim, their glory will fly away like a bird-- No birth, no pregnancy, and no conception!

9:12 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!
9:12 Though they bring up their children, Yet I will bereave them until not a man is left. Yes, woe to them indeed when I depart from them!

9:13 Ephraim, like as I have seen Tyre, is planted in a pleasant place: but Ephraim shall bring out his children to the slayer.
9:13 Ephraim, as I have seen, Is planted in a pleasant meadow like Tyre; But Ephraim will bring out his children for slaughter.

9:14 Give them, O Jehovah-- what wilt thou give? give them a miscarrying womb and dry breasts.
9:14 Give them, O LORD-- what wilt Thou give? Give them a miscarrying womb and dry breasts.

9:15 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.
9:15 All their evil is at Gilgal; Indeed, I came to hate them there! Because of the wickedness of their deeds I will drive them out of My house! I will love them no more; All their princes are rebels.

9:16 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.
9:16 Ephraim is stricken, their root is dried up, They will bear no fruit. Even though they bear children, I will slay the precious ones of their womb.

9:17 My God will cast them away, because they did not hearken unto him; and they shall be wanderers among the nations.
9:17 My God will cast them away Because they have not listened to Him; And they will be wanderers among the nations.