Hear{H8085} this, O ye priests,{H3548} and hearken,{H7181} O house{H1004} of Israel,{H3478} and give ear,{H238} O house{H1004} of the king;{H4428} for unto you pertaineth the judgment;{H4941} for ye have been a snare{H6341} at Mizpah,{H4709} and a net{H7568} spread{H6566} upon Tabor.{H8396}

And the revolters{H7846} are gone deep{H6009} in making slaughter;{H7819} but I am a rebuker{H4148} of them all.

I know{H3045} Ephraim,{H669} and Israel{H3478} is not hid{H3582} from me; for now, O Ephraim,{H669} thou hast played the harlot,{H2181} Israel{H3478} is defiled.{H2930}

Their doings{H4611} will not suffer{H5414} them to turn{H7725} unto their God;{H430} for the spirit{H7307} of whoredom{H2183} is within{H7130} them, and they know{H3045} not Jehovah.{H3068}

And the pride{H1347} of Israel{H3478} doth testify{H6030} to his face:{H6440} therefore Israel{H3478} and Ephraim{H669} shall stumble{H3782} in their iniquity;{H5771} Judah{H3063} also shall stumble{H3782} with them.

They shall go{H3212} with their flocks{H6629} and with their herds{H1241} to seek{H1245} Jehovah;{H3068} but they shall not find{H4672} him: he hath withdrawn{H2502} himself from them.

They have dealt treacherously{H898} against Jehovah;{H3068} for they have borne{H3205} strange{H2114} children:{H1121} now shall the new moon{H2320} devour{H398} them with their fields.{H2506}

Blow{H8628} ye the cornet{H7782} in Gibeah,{H1390} and the trumpet{H2689} in Ramah:{H7414} sound an alarm{H7321} at Beth-aven;{H1007} behind{H310} thee, O Benjamin.{H1144}

Ephraim{H669} shall become a desolation{H8047} in the day{H3117} of rebuke:{H8433} among the tribes{H7626} of Israel{H3478} have I made known{H3045} that which shall surely be.{H539}

The princes{H8269} of Judah{H3063} are like them that remove{H5253} the landmark:{H1366} I will pour out{H8210} my wrath{H5678} upon them like water.{H4325}

Ephraim{H669} is oppressed,{H6231} he is crushed{H7533} in judgment;{H4941} because he was content{H2974} to walk{H1980} after{H310} [man's] command.{H6673}

Therefore am I unto Ephraim{H669} as a moth,{H6211} and to the house{H1004} of Judah{H3063} as rottenness.{H7538}

When Ephraim{H669} saw{H7200} his sickness,{H2483} and Judah{H3063} [saw] his wound,{H4205} then went{H3212} Ephraim{H669} to Assyria,{H804} and sent{H7971} to king{H4428} Jareb:{H3377} but he is not able{H3201} to heal{H7495} you, neither will he cure{H1455} you of your wound.{H4205}

For I will be unto Ephraim{H669} as a lion,{H7826} and as a young lion{H3715} to the house{H1004} of Judah:{H3063} I, even I, will tear{H2963} and go away;{H3212} I will carry off,{H5375} and there shall be none to deliver.{H5337}

I will go{H3212} and return{H7725} to my place,{H4725} till they acknowledge their offence,{H816} and seek{H1245} my face:{H6440} in their affliction{H6862} they will seek me earnestly.{H7836}