Israel, do not rejoice; don’t shout for joy as the other nations do. You have been like a prostitute against 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. The people will not stay in the LORD’s land. Israel will return to being captives as they were in Egypt, and in Assyria they will eat food that they are not allowed to eat. The Israelites will not give offerings of wine to the LORD; they will not give him sacrifices. Their sacrifices will be like food that is eaten at a funeral; it is unclean, and everyone who eats it becomes unclean. Their food will only satisfy their hunger; they cannot sacrifice it in the Temple. What will you do then on the day of feasts and on the day of the LORD’s festival? Even if the people are not destroyed, Egypt will capture them; Memphis will bury them. Weeds will grow over their silver treasures, and thorns will drive them out of their tents.
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