1 “Listen to this, you priests!Listen, house of Israel,and give ear, house of the king!For the judgement is against you;for you have been a snare at Mizpah,and a net spread on Tabor.
2 The rebels are deep in slaughter;but I discipline all of them.
3 I know Ephraim,and Israel is not hidden from me;for now, Ephraim, you have played the prostitute.Israel is defiled.
4 Their deeds won’t allow them to turn to their God;for the spirit of prostitution is within them,and they don’t know the Lord.
5 The pride of Israel testifies to his face.Therefore Israel and Ephraim will stumble in their iniquity.Judah also will stumble with them.
6 They will go with their flocks and with their herds to seek the Lord;but they won’t find him.He has withdrawn himself from them.
7 They are unfaithful to the Lord;for they have borne illegitimate children.Now the new moon will devour them with their fields.