Hosea 9:6-8

New International Reader's Version

⁶ Some of you will escape without being destroyed.
    But you will die in Egypt.
    Your bodies will be buried at Memphis.
Weeds will cover your treasures of silver.
    Thorns will grow up in your tents.
⁷ The time when God will punish you is coming.
    The day when he will judge you is near.
    I want Israel to know this.
You have committed many sins.
    And you hate me very much.
That’s why you think the prophet is foolish.
    You think the person the Lord speaks through is crazy.
⁸ People of Ephraim, the prophet, along with my God,
    is warning you of danger.
But you set traps for him everywhere he goes.
    You hate him so much
    you even wait for him in God’s house.