Hear ye this, O priests
; and hearken
, ye house
of Israel
; and give ye ear
, O house
of the king
; for judgment
is toward you, because ye have been a snare
on Mizpah
, and a net
spread
upon Tabor
.
And the revolters are profound
to make slaughter
, though I have been a rebuker
of them all.
I know Ephraim
, and Israel
is not hid
from me: for now, O Ephraim
, thou committest whoredom
, and Israel
is defiled
.
They will not frame their doings
to turn
unto their God
: for the spirit
of whoredoms
is in the midst
of them, and they have not known
the LORD
.
And the pride of Israel
doth testify
to his face
: therefore shall Israel
and Ephraim
fall
in their iniquity
; Judah
also shall fall
with them.
They shall go with their flocks
and with their herds
to seek
the LORD
; but they shall not find
him ; he hath withdrawn
himself from them.
They have dealt treacherously against the LORD
: for they have begotten
strange
children
: now shall a month
devour
them with their portions
.
Blow ye the cornet
in Gibeah
, and the trumpet
in Ramah
: cry aloud
at Bethaven
, after
thee, O Benjamin
.
Ephraim shall be desolate
in the day
of rebuke
: among the tribes
of Israel
have I made known
that which shall surely be
.
The princes of Judah
were like them that remove
the bound
: therefore I will pour out
my wrath
upon them like water
.
Ephraim is oppressed
and broken
in judgment
, because he willingly
walked
after
the commandment
.
Therefore will I be unto Ephraim as a moth
, and to the house
of Judah
as rottenness
.
When Ephraim saw
his sickness
, and Judah
saw his wound
, then went
Ephraim
to the Assyrian
, and sent
to king
Jareb
: yet could
he not heal
you, nor cure
you of your wound
.
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 take away
, and none shall rescue
him .
I will go and return
to my place
, till they acknowledge their offence
, and seek
my face
: in their affliction
they will seek me early
.