^{1 Ref} "Listen to this, you priests! Listen, house of Israel, And give ear, house of the king! For the judgment is against you; For you have been a snare at Mizpah, And a net spread on Tabor.

^{2 Ref} The rebels are deep in slaughter; But I discipline all of them.

^{3 Ref} I know Ephraim, And Israel is not hidden from me; For now, Ephraim, you have played the prostitute. Israel is defiled.

^{4 Ref} Their deeds won't allow them to turn to their God; For the spirit of prostitution is within them, And they don't know Yahweh.

^{5 Ref} The pride of Israel testifies to his face. Therefore Israel and Ephraim will stumble in their iniquity. Judah also will stumble with them.

^{6 Ref} They will go with their flocks and with their herds to seek Yahweh; But they won't find him. He has withdrawn himself from them.

^{7 Ref} They are unfaithful to Yahweh; For they have borne illegitimate children. Now the new moon will devour them with their fields.

^{8 Ref} "Blow the cornet in Gibeah, And the trumpet in Ramah! Sound a battle cry at Beth Aven, behind you, Benjamin!

^{9 Ref} Ephraim will become a desolation in the day of rebuke. Among the tribes of Israel, I have made known that which will surely be.

^{10 Ref} The princes of Judah are like those who remove a landmark. I will pour out my wrath on them like water.

^{11 Ref} Ephraim is oppressed, He is crushed in judgment; Because he is intent in his pursuit of idols.

^{12 Ref} Therefore I am to Ephraim like a moth, And to the house of Judah like rottenness.

^{13 Ref} When Ephraim saw his sickness, And Judah his wound, Then Ephraim went to Assyria, And sent to king Jareb: But he is not able to heal you, Neither will he cure you of your wound.

^{14 Ref} For I will be to Ephraim like a lion, And like a young lion to the house of Judah. I myself will tear in pieces and go away. I will carry off, and there will be no one to deliver.

^{15 Ref} I will go and return to my place, until they acknowledge their offense, And seek my face. In their affliction they will seek me earnestly."

^{1 Ref} Hear this, O ye priests, and hearken, O house of Israel, and give ear, O house of the king; for unto you pertaineth the judgment; for ye have been a snare at Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor.

^{2 Ref} And the revolters are gone deep in making slaughter; but I am a rebuker of them all.

^{3 Ref} I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me; for now, O Ephraim, thou hast played the harlot, Israel is defiled.

^{4 Ref} Their doings will not suffer them to turn unto their God; for the spirit of whoredom is within them, and they know not Jehovah.

^{5 Ref} And the pride of Israel doth testify to his face: therefore Israel and Ephraim shall stumble in their iniquity; Judah also shall stumble with them.

^{6 Ref} They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek Jehovah; but they shall not find him: he hath withdrawn himself from them.

^{7 Ref} They have dealt treacherously against Jehovah; for they have borne strange children: now shall the new moon devour them with their fields.

^{8 Ref} Blow ye the cornet in Gibeah, and the trumpet in Ramah: sound an alarm at Beth-aven; behind thee, O Benjamin.

^{9 Ref} Ephraim shall become a desolation in the day of rebuke: among the tribes of Israel have I made known that which shall surely be.

^{10 Ref} The princes of Judah are like them that remove the landmark: I will pour out my wrath upon them like water.

^{11 Ref} Ephraim is oppressed, he is crushed in judgment; because he was content to walk after `man's' command.

^{12 Ref} Therefore am I unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness.

^{13 Ref} When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah `saw' his wound, then went Ephraim to Assyria, and sent to king Jareb: but he is not able to heal you, neither will he cure you of your wound.

^{14 Ref} For I will be unto Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to the house of Judah: I, even I, will tear and go away; I will carry off, and there shall be none to deliver.

^{15 Ref} I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me earnestly.