1 God says, Do not cheer, Israel. ❌ You left God and loved bad gifts at the grain floor. 2 The grain and the grape drink will not feed you. ❌ 3 You will not live in God’s land. ️❌ Ephraim will go to Egypt. They will eat bad food in Assyria. ️❌ 4 You will not give drink gifts to God. ➡️❌ God will not like your gifts. Your bread will be like sad bread. It will not go to God’s house. ️❌ 5 What will you do on God’s big party day? 6 You will run from trouble. ♂️⚠️ Egypt will take you. Memphis will put you in the ground. ⚰️ Weeds and thorns will take your nice things and your tents. ⛺ 7 Pay day is here. ⏰ Israel will see. People say, “The prophet is silly.” They say, “The God man is crazy,” because there is much bad and hate. ❌ 8 God says, Ephraim had a guard with Me. ️ But now traps are on the prophet’s path, and there is hate in My house. ️ 9 They did very bad, like in Gibeah. ❌ God will remember and will deal with the bad. ⚖️ 10 God says, I found Israel like sweet grapes in a dry place. ️ I saw your fathers like first figs. But you went to Baal Peor, a bad god, and did very wrong. ❌ 11 Ephraim’s good things will fly away like a bird. ✨❌ There will not be new babies. ❌ 12 God says, Even if you raise kids, I will take them away. Few will be left. It will be very sad when I leave you. ♂️ 13 God says, I saw Ephraim like Tyre in a nice place. But bad men will hurt their kids. 14 Hosea says, God, what will You give? ❓ Maybe no baby and no milk. ❌❌ 15 God says, They did much bad in Gilgal. ❌ There I began to hate their bad ways. I will send them out of My house. ️➡️❌ I will not show love to them now. Their leaders are bad. ❌ 16 Ephraim is hit. The root is dry. No fruit will grow. ❌ Even if they have kids, they will lose them. 17 God will send them away because they did not listen. ❌ They will wander in many lands. ♂️