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Israel’s Punishment

Israel, do not rejoice;
    don’t shout for joy as the other nations do.
You have been ·like a prostitute against [unfaithful to] your God.
    You love the pay of prostitutes on every threshing floor.
But the threshing floor and the winepress will not feed the people,
    and ·there won’t be enough new wine [or the new wine will deceive them].
The people will not stay in the Lord’s land.
    ·Israel [L Ephraim] will return ·to being captives as they were in [L to] Egypt,
    and in Assyria they will eat ·food that they are not allowed to eat [L unclean food; C food forbidden by the law; Lev. 11].

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