6 Although they bring their flocks and herds to seek the favor of the Lord,They will not find him – he has withdrawn himself from them!
7 They have committed treason against the Lord, because they bore illegitimate children.Soon the new moon festival will devour them and their fields.
8 Blow the ram’s horn in Gibeah! Sound the trumpet in Ramah!Sound the alarm in Beth Aven!Tremble in fear, O Benjamin!
9 Ephraim will be ruined in the day of judgment!What I am declaring to the tribes of Israel will certainly take place!
10 The princes of Judah are like those who move boundary markers.I will pour out my rage on them like a torrential flood!
11 Ephraim will be oppressed, crushed under judgment,because he was determined to pursue worthless idols.
12 I will be like a moth to Ephraim, like wood rot to the house of Judah.