Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, whose glorious beauty is a fading flower which is at the head of the lush valleys of those who are overcome with wine!

How have they been brought to desolation, as in a moment! They are fully brought to an end with destruction,

like a dream when one awakes; so, O Lord, when You awake, You shall despise their image.

O Ephraim, what shall I do to you? O Judah, what shall I do to you? For your goodness is like a morning cloud, and it goes away like the early dew.

I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness. I saw your fathers as the firstfruits on the fig tree in its first season. But they went to Baal-peor and set themselves apart to that shameful thing. And they became an abomination like that which they loved.

The glory of Ephraim shall fly away like a bird; from birth, and from the womb, and from conception.

Ephraim is stricken; their root is dried up; they shall bear no fruit. Yea, though they bear, yet I will kill the beloved ones of their womb.

When Ephraim spoke, trembling, he was lifted up in Israel. But when he trespassed through Baal, he died.

Though he is fruitful among brothers, an east wind shall come. The wind of Jehovah shall come up from the wilderness, and his spring shall be disappointed because his fountain shall be dried up. He shall plunder the treasure of all desirable vessels.

but the rich in his humiliation, because as the flower of the field he will pass away.

For no sooner has the sun risen with a burning heat than it withers the grass; its flower falls, and its beautiful appearance perishes. Thus the rich man also will fade away in his pursuits.

Woe is me! For I am like the gatherings of summer fruit, like the gleanings of the vintage. There is no cluster to eat; my soul desires the first-ripe fruit.

All your fortresses are fig trees with the firstfruits; if they are shaken, then they shall fall into the mouth of the eater.

And the stars of heaven fell to the earth, as a fig tree drops its untimely figs when it is shaken by a mighty wind.