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For, lo, they are gone because of destruction; Mitzrayim shall gather them up, Memphis shall bury them; nettles shall possess their valuables of kesef; thorns shall be in their tents.

The days of pekudah (visitation for divine punishment) are come, the yamim of recompence are come; Yisroel shall know it; the navi is a fool, the ish haruach (spiritual man) is meshuga, for the multitude of thine iniquity and great hatred.

The watchman of Ephrayim was with my G-d; but the navi is a snare of a fowler in all his ways, and hatred in the bais of his G-d.

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Even if they escape from destruction,
    Egypt will gather them,(A)
    and Memphis(B) will bury them.(C)
Their treasures of silver(D) will be taken over by briers,
    and thorns(E) will overrun their tents.
The days of punishment(F) are coming,
    the days of reckoning(G) are at hand.
    Let Israel know this.
Because your sins(H) are so many
    and your hostility so great,
the prophet is considered a fool,(I)
    the inspired person a maniac.(J)
The prophet, along with my God,
    is the watchman over Ephraim,[a]
yet snares(K) await him on all his paths,
    and hostility in the house of his God.(L)

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 9:8 Or The prophet is the watchman over Ephraim, / the people of my God