6. Even if the people are not destroyed,Egypt will take them as captives.They will be buried in Memphis.Weeds will grow over their silver treasures.Thorns will grow over their houses.
7. Let Israel know this.The time of punishment has come.The time to pay for your sins has come.You have sinned very much,and your hatred is great.You think the prophet is a fool.You say the spiritual man is crazy.
8. The prophet is God’s watchmanto warn Israel of danger.But everywhere he goes you set traps for him.You treat him as an enemy in God’s own land.
9. The men of Israel have become as sinfulas the men of Gibeah were.The Lord will remember the evil things they have done.He will punish them for their sins.
10. “When I found Israel,it was like finding grapes in the desert.Your ancestors were likefinding the first figs on the tree.But when they came to Baal Peor,they began worshiping an idol.They became as disgusting as the thing they worshiped.