1 “Hear this, O priests!Take heed, O house of Israel!Give ear, O house of the king!For yours is the judgment,Because you have been a snare to MizpahAnd a net spread on Tabor.
2 The revolters are deeply involved in slaughter,Though I rebuke them all.
3 I know Ephraim,And Israel is not hidden from Me;For now, O Ephraim, you commit harlotry;Israel is defiled.
4 “They do not direct their deedsToward turning to their God,For the spirit of harlotry is in their midst,And they do not know the Lord.
5 The pride of Israel testifies to his face;Therefore Israel and Ephraim stumble in their iniquity;Judah also stumbles with them.
6 “With their flocks and herdsThey shall go to seek the Lord,But they will not find Him;He has withdrawn Himself from them.
7 They have dealt treacherously with the Lord,For they have begotten pagan children.Now a New Moon shall devour them and their heritage.
8 “Blow the ram’s horn in Gibeah,The trumpet in Ramah!Cry aloud at Beth Aven,‘Look behind you, O Benjamin!’
9 Ephraim shall be desolate in the day of rebuke;Among the tribes of Israel I make known what is sure.
10 “The princes of Judah are like those who remove a landmark;I will pour out My wrath on them like water.
11 Ephraim is oppressed and broken in judgment,Because he willingly walked by human precept.
12 Therefore I will be to Ephraim like a moth,And to the house of Judah like rottenness.
13 “When Ephraim saw his sickness,And Judah saw his wound,Then Ephraim went to AssyriaAnd sent to King Jareb;Yet he cannot cure you,Nor heal you of your wound.
14 For I will be like a lion to Ephraim,And like a young lion to the house of Judah.I, even I, will tear them and go away;I will take them away, and no one shall rescue.
15 I will return again to My placeTill they acknowledge their offense.Then they will seek My face;In their affliction they will earnestly seek Me.”