Hear this
, O priests
! Give
heed
, O house
of Israel
! Listen
, O house
of the king
! For the judgment
applies to you, For you have been
a asnare
at Mizpah
And a net
spread
out on Tabor
.
The arevolters have 1 bgone
deep
in depravity
, But I will chastise
all
of them.
I aknow Ephraim
, and Israel
is not hidden
from Me; For now
, O Ephraim
, you have played
the harlot
, Israel
has defiled
itself.
Their deeds will not allow
them To return
to their God
. For a aspirit
of harlotry
is within
them, And they bdo not know
the LORD
.
Moreover, the apride of Israel
testifies
against
him, And Israel
and Ephraim
stumble
in their iniquity
; bJudah
also
has stumbled
with them.
They will ago with their flocks
and herds
To seek
the LORD
, but they will bnot find
Him; He has cwithdrawn
from them.
They have adealt treacherously
against the LORD
, For they have borne
1 billegitimate
children
. Now
the cnew
moon
will devour
them with their 2land
.
aBlow the horn
in bGibeah
, The trumpet
in Ramah
. Sound
an alarm
at Beth-aven
: " cBehind
you, Benjamin
!"
Ephraim will become
a adesolation
in the bday
of rebuke
; Among the tribes
of Israel
I cdeclare
what is sure
.
The princes of Judah
have become
like those who amove
a boundary
; On them I will bpour
out My wrath
clike water
.
Ephraim is aoppressed
, crushed
in judgment
, bBecause
he was determined
to 1follow
man's command
.
Therefore I am like a amoth to Ephraim
And like rottenness
to the house
of Judah
.
When Ephraim saw
his sickness
, And Judah
his 1wound
, Then Ephraim
went
to aAssyria
And sent
to 2 bKing
Jareb
. But he is cunable
to heal
you, Or to cure
you of your 1wound
.
For I will be alike a lion to Ephraim
And like a young
lion
to the house
of Judah
. bI, even I, will tear
to pieces and go
away, I will carry
away, and there
will be cnone
to deliver
.
I will go away and return
to My place
Until
they 1 aacknowledge
their guilt
and seek
My face
; In their affliction
they will earnestly
bseek
Me.