1 Hear this, priests!Pay attention, house of Israel!Listen, house of the king!The judgment concerns you because you have been a trap at Mizpah,and a net spread out upon Tabor.
2 In their wicked condition, they have sunk deep into corruption;I will correct them through judgment.
3 I know Ephraim; Israel doesn’t escape my eye;for now Ephraimyou have acted like a prostitute;Israel is defiled.
4 Their deeds don’t allow themto return to their God,because the spirit of prostitution is within them,and they don’t know the Lord.
5 Israel’s pride is a witness against him;both Israel and Ephraim stagger because of their guilt;Judah staggers with them.
6 With their sheep and their cattle they will goto seek the Lord,but they will not find him;he has withdrawn from them.
7 They have acted faithlessly against the Lord;for their children have produced illegitimate children.Now the new moon will devour them along with their fields.