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, O priests, and attend, O house of Israel, And, O house of the king, give ear, For the judgment [is] for you, For, a snare ye have been on Mizpah, 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.

And to slaughter sinners have gone deep, And I [am] a fetter to them 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 have known Ephraim, And Israel hath not been hid from me, For now thou hast gone a-whoring, Ephraim, Defiled is Israel.

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.

They give not up their habitual doings, To turn back unto their God, For a spirit of whoredoms [is] in their midst, And Jehovah they have not known.

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.

And humbled hath been the excellency of Israel to his face, And Israel and Ephraim stumble by their iniquity, Stumbled also hath Judah 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 He has withdrawn himself from them.

With their flock and with their herd, They go to seek Jehovah, and do not find, He hath withdrawn from them.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.

Against Jehovah they dealt treacherously, For strange sons they have begotten, Now consume them doth a month [with] their portions.

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

Blow ye a cornet in Gibeah, a trumpet in Ramah, Shout, O Beth-Aven, after thee, O 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 is for a desolation in a day of reproof, Among the tribes of Israel I have made known a sure thing.

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

Princes of Judah have been as those removing a border, On them I do pour out as water My wrath.

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

Oppressed is Ephraim, broken in judgment, When he pleased he went after the command.

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

And I [am] as a moth to Ephraim, And as a rotten thing 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.

And see doth Ephraim his sickness, and Judah his wound, And Ephraim goeth unto Asshur, And sendeth unto a warlike king, And he is not able to give healing to you, Nor doth he remove from you a scar.

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 [am] as a lion to Ephraim, And as a young lion to the house of Judah, I — I tear and go, I bear away, and there is no deliverer.

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 go — I turn back unto My place, Till that they are desolate, and have sought My face. In their distress they do seek Me speedily!'