1 Hear this, O priests! Pay attention, O house of Israel! Give ear, O house of the king! For the judgment applies to you: For you were a snare at Mizpah and a net spread on Tabor.
2 Rebels were deep in slaughter, so I am a chastisement for them all.
3 I myself have known Ephraim, and Israel is not hidden from Me. For now, Ephraim, you are a prostitute— Israel is defiled!
4 They will not give up their evil deeds to return to their God. For a spirit of prostitution is in them, and Adonai they have not known.
5 The Pride of Israel will answer to his face: Israel and Ephraim will stagger in their iniquity, Judah also will stumble with them.
6 With their flocks and with their herds they will go to seek Adonai, but they will not find Him— He has withdrawn from them.