Judgment of Israel’s Sin
For you have played the harlot against your God.
You have made love for bhire on every threshing floor.
bBut Ephraim shall return to Egypt,
And cshall eat unclean things in Assyria.
Nor ashall their bsacrifices be pleasing to Him.
It shall be like bread of mourners to them;
All who eat it shall be defiled.
For their bread shall be for their own life;
It shall not come into the house of the Lord.
Egypt shall gather them up;
Memphis shall bury them.
aNettles shall possess their valuables of silver;
Thorns shall be in their tents.
The days of recompense have come.
Israel knows!
The prophet is a bfool,
cThe spiritual man is insane,
Because of the greatness of your iniquity and great enmity.
But the prophet is a1 fowler’s snare in all his ways—
Enmity in the house of his God.
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American Standard Version
They shall not dwell in Jehovah's land; but Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and they shall eat unclean food in Assyria.
Amplified® Bible
They shall not remain in the Lord's land, but Ephraim shall return to [another] Egypt and they shall eat unclean food in Assyria.
Contemporary English Version
and you will have to leave the land of the LORD. Some of you will go to Egypt; others will go to Assyria and eat unclean food.
Darby English Version
They shall not dwell in Jehovah's land; but Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and in Assyria shall they eat that which is unclean.
Good News Bible
The people of Israel will not remain in the LORD's land, but will have to go back to Egypt and will have to eat forbidden food in Assyria.
King James Version
They shall not dwell in the LORD's land; but Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and they shall eat unclean things in Assyria.
New American Standard Bible
They will not remain in the LORD'S land, But Ephraim will return to Egypt, And in Assyria they will eat unclean {food.}
New International Version
They will not remain in the LORD's land;
Ephraim will return to Egypt
and eat unclean food in Assyria.
New King James Version
They shall not dwell in the LORD’s land,
But Ephraim shall return to Egypt,
And shall eat unclean things in Assyria.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
They will not remain in the LORD'S land, But Ephraim will return to Egypt, And in Assyria they will eat unclean food.
Revised Standard Version
They shall not remain in the land of the LORD; but E'phraim shall return to Egypt, and they shall eat unclean food in Assyria.
Young's Literal Translation
They do not abide in the land of Jehovah, And turned back hath Ephraim `to' Egypt, And in Asshur an unclean thing they eat.
New English Translation
They will not remain in the Lord’s land. Ephraim will return to Egypt; they will eat ritually unclean food in Assyria.
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