7The days of punishment have come,
         The days of retribution have come;
         Let Israel know this!
         The prophet is a fool,
         The inspired man is demented,
         Because of the grossness of your iniquity,
         And because your hostility is so great.

8Ephraim was a watchman with my God, a prophet;
         Yet the snare of a bird catcher is in all his ways,
         And there is only hostility in the house of his God.

9They have gone deep in depravity
         As in the days of Gibeah;
         He will remember their iniquity,
         He will punish their sins.

10I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness;
         I saw your forefathers as the earliest fruit on the fig tree in its first season.
         But they came to Baal-peor and devoted themselves to shame,
         And they became as detestable as that which they loved.

11As for Ephraim, their glory will fly away like a bird—
         No birth, no pregnancy and no conception!

12Though they bring up their children,
         Yet I will bereave them until not a man is left.
         Yes, woe to them indeed when I depart from them!

13Ephraim, as I have seen,
         Is planted in a pleasant meadow like Tyre;
         But Ephraim will bring out his children for slaughter.

14Give them, O LORD—what will You give?
         Give them a miscarrying womb and dry breasts.

15All their evil is at Gilgal;
         Indeed, I came to hate them there!
         Because of the wickedness of their deeds
         I will drive them out of My house!
         I will love them no more;
         All their princes are rebels.

16Ephraim is stricken, their root is dried up,
         They will bear no fruit.
         Even though they bear children,
         I will slay the precious ones of their womb.

17My God will cast them away
         Because they have not listened to Him;
         And they will be wanderers among the nations.

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American Standard Version
The days of visitation are come, the days of recompense are come; Israel shall know it: the prophet is a fool, the man that hath the spirit is mad, for the abundance of thine iniquity, and because the enmity is great.

Douay-Rheims Bible
The days of visitation are come, the days of repaying are come: know ye, O Israel, that the prophet was foolish, the spiritual man was mad, for the multitude of thy iniquity, and the multitude of thy madness.

Darby Bible Translation
The days of visitation are come; the days of recompence are come: Israel shall know it: the prophet is a fool, the inspired man is mad, because of the greatness of thine iniquity, and the great enmity.

English Revised Version
The days of visitation are come, the days of recompence are come; Israel shall know it: the prophet is a fool, the man that hath the spirit is mad, for the multitude of thine iniquity, and because the enmity is great.

Webster's Bible Translation
The days of visitation are come, the days of recompense are come; Israel shall know it: the prophet is a fool, the spiritual man is mad, for the multitude of thy iniquity, and the great hatred.

World English Bible
The days of visitation have come. The days of reckoning have come. Israel will consider the prophet to be a fool, and the man who is inspired to be insane, because of the abundance of your sins, and because your hostility is great.

Young's Literal Translation
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