Hosea 5

1 Hear this, O ye priests, and hearken, O house of Israel, and give ear, O house of the king, for to you pertains the judgment. For ye have been a snare at Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor.

Hear this, priests! Attend, Israelites! Listen, royal family! For you is the judgment: a snare you have become at Mizpeh, and a net spread out on Tabor,

2 And the revolters have gone deep in making slaughter, but I am a rebuker of them all.

the rebels are deep in slaughter, but I will discipline all.

3 I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me. For now, O Ephraim, thou have played the harlot; Israel is defiled.

I know Ephraim, Israel is not hidden from me, for you, Ephraim, have committed prostitution and Israel is defiled.

4 Their doings will not allow them to turn to their God, for the spirit of whoredom is within them, and they do not know Jehovah.

Their deeds do not permit them to return to their God. For the spirit of prostitution is within them, they do not know the Lord.

5 And the pride of Israel testifies to his face. Therefore Israel and Ephraim shall stumble in their iniquity. Judah also shall stumble with them.

Israel’s arrogance testifies against them, Israel, even Ephraim, stumble in their sin, and Judah also stumbles with them.

6 They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek Jehovah, but they shall not find him. He has withdrawn himself from them.

With their sheep and their cattle they will go to seek the Lord but they will not find him, he has withdrawn from them,

7 They have dealt treacherously against Jehovah, for they have borne strange sons. Now the new moon shall devour them with their fields.

for they have been untrue to the Lord, their children are strangers. Their new moon festivals will soon destroy them and their fields.

8 Blow ye the cornet in Gibeah, and the trumpet in Ramah. Sound an alarm at Beth-aven, behind thee, O Benjamin.

Blow the trumpet in Gibeah, the clarion in Ramah! Raise the alarm in Beth-aven: we are with you, Benjamin!

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

Ephraim will become a desolation in the day of punishment, concerning the tribes of Israel I make known what is certain.

10 The rulers of Judah are like those who remove the landmark. I will pour out my wrath upon them like water.

The princes of Israel have become like thieves who move boundary stones. On them I will pour out my wrath like a flood.

11 Ephraim is oppressed. He is crushed in judgment, because he was content to walk after man's command.

Ephraim will be oppressed, crushed by judgment, for they are determined to go after vanity.

12 Therefore I am to Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness.

So I am like a moth to Ephraim, like rottenness to the house of Judah.

13 When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah saw his wound, then Ephraim went to Assyria, and sent to king Jareb. But he is not able to heal you, nor will he cure you of your wound.

For when Ephraim saw their sickness and Israel their wound, Ephraim turned to Assyria, to its patron king. But he cannot heal you nor relieve you of your wound.

14 For I will be to 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.

For I myself will be like a lion to Ephraim, like a young lion to the house of Judah. I, yes I, will rend and go my way, I will carry off and none will rescue.

15 I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offense, and seek my face. In their affliction they will seek me earnestly.

I will return to my place, until in remorse they seek my presence. When they are in distress they will quickly seek me,