3 I myself know Ephraim, and Israel is not hidden from me; because now you have played the whore, O Ephraim— Israel is defiled.
4 Their deeds do not permit them to return them to God. Because a spirit of whoredom is in their midst, they do not know Yahweh.
5 The pride of Israel testifies against him, and Israel and Ephraim stumble in their guilt, and Judah stumbles with them.
6 With their flocks and herds they will go to seek Yahweh, but they will not find him; he has withdrawn from them.
7 They have dealt faithlessly with Yahweh because they have borne illegitimate children. Now the new moon will devour them with their fields.
8 Blow the horn in Gibeah, the trumpet in Ramah. Sound the alarm in Beth-aven; look behind you, Benjamin.
9 Ephraim will be a desolation in the day of punishment; among the tribes of Israel I will reveal what is true.