Hosea 5
1 Give ear to this, O priests; give attention, O Israel, and you, family of the king; for you are to be judged; you have been a deceit at Mizpah and a net stretched out on Tabor.
Hear ye this, O priests, and hearken, O ye house of Israel, and give ear, O house of the king: for there is a judgment against you, because you have been a snare to them whom you should have watched over, and a net spread upon Thabor.
2 They have gone deep in the evil ways of Shittim, but I am the judge of all.
And you have turned aside victims into the depth: and I am, the teacher of them all.
3 I have knowledge of Ephraim, and Israel is not secret from me; for now, O Ephraim, you have been false to me, Israel has become unclean.
I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me: for now Ephraim hath committed fornication, Israel is defiled.
4 Their works will not let them come back to their God, for a false spirit is in them and they have no knowledge of the Lord.
They will not set their thoughts to return to their God: for the spirit of fornication is in the midst of them, and they have not known the Lord.
5 And the pride of Israel gives an answer to his face; and Ephraim will have a fall through his sins, and the fall of Judah will be the same as theirs.
And the pride of Israel shall answer in his face: and Israel and Ephraim shall fall in their iniquity, Juda also shall fall with them.
6 They will go, with their flocks and their herds, in search of the Lord, but they will not see him; he has taken himself out of their view.
With their flocks, and with their herds, they shall go to seek the Lord, and shall not find him: he is withdrawn from them.
7 They have been false to the Lord; they have given birth to strange children; now the new moon will make them waste with their fields.
They have transgressed against the Lord, for they have begotten children that are strangers: now shall a month devour them with their portions.
8 Let the horn be sounded in Gibeah and in Ramah; give a loud cry in Beth-aven, They are after you, O Benjamin.
Blow ye the cornet in Gabaa, the trumpet in Rama: howl ye in Bethaven, behind thy back, O Benjamin.
9 Ephraim will become a waste in the day of punishment; I have given knowledge among the tribes of Israel of what is certain.
Ephraim shall be in desolation in the day of rebuke: among the tribes of Israel I have shewn that which shall surely be.
10 The rulers of Judah are like those who take away a landmark; I will let loose my wrath on them like flowing water.
The princes of Juda are become as they that take up the bound: I will pour out my wrath upon them like water.
11 Ephraim is troubled; he is crushed by his judges, because he took pleasure in walking after deceit.
Ephraim is under oppression, and broken in judgment: because he began to go after filthiness.
12 And so to Ephraim I am like a wasting insect, and a destruction to the children of Judah.
And I will be like a moth to Ephraim: and like rottenness to the house of Juda.
13 When Ephraim saw his disease and Judah his wound, then Ephraim went to Assyria and sent to the great king; but he is not able to make you well or give you help for your wound.
And Ephraim saw his sickness, and Juda his band: and Ephraim went to the Assyrian, and sent to the avenging king: and he shall not be able to heal you, neither shall he be able to take off the band from you.
14 For I will be to Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to the children of Judah; I, even I, will give him wounds and go away; I will take him away, and there will be no helper.
For I will be like a lioness to Ephraim, and like a lion’s whelp to the house of Juda: I, I will catch, and go: I will take away, and there is none that can rescue.
15 I will go back to my place till they are made waste; in their trouble they will go after me early and will make search for me.
I will go and return to my place: until you are consumed, and seek my face.
