In the daythat you plant[it] you carefullyfence[it] in, And in the morningyou bringyour seedto blossom;[But] the harvestwill [be] a heapIn a dayof sicklinessand incurablepain.
"According to whatI have seen,those who plowiniquityAnd those who sowtroubleharvestit.
In the morningit flourishesand sproutsanew;Toward eveningit fadesand withersaway.
It will be even like the reapergatheringthe standinggrain,As his armharveststhe ears,Or it will be like one gleaningearsof grainIn the valleyof Rephaim.
The prophetsprophesyfalsely,And the priestsruleon their [own] authority;And My peopleloveit so!But whatwill you doat the endof it?
For they sowthe windAnd they reapthe whirlwind.The standinggrainhasnoheads;It yieldsnograin.Shouldit yield,strangerswould swallowit up.
Ephraimis stricken,their rootis driedup, They will bearnofruit.Eventhoughthey bearchildren, I will slaythe preciousonesof their womb.
The seedsshrivelundertheir clods;The storehousesare desolate,The barnsare torndown,For the grainis driedup.
Your strengthwill be spentuselessly,for your landwill not yieldits produceand the treesof the landwill not yieldtheir fruit.
But becauseof your stubbornnessand unrepentantheartyou are storingup wrathfor yourselfin the dayof wrathand revelationof the righteous judgmentof God,
"You shall plantand cultivatevineyards,but you will neitherdrinkof the winenorgather[the grapes], for the wormwill devourthem.
