Hosea 5

1 Hear this, O ye priests; and listen well, O ye house of Israel; and give ye ear, O house of the king; for the punishment threateneth you; because ye have been a snare on Mizpah, and a net spread out upon Thabor.

Hear this, priests, and pay attention, house of Israel, and listen closely, house of the king. For there is a judgment against you, because you have become a trap for those you watched over, and a net stretched out over Tabor.

2 And for murdering they who had rebelled [against God] concealed themselves in deep places; but I will inflict correction on them all.

And you have led astray victims into the depths, though I am the teacher of them all.

3 I well know Ephraim, and Israel is not hidden from me; for now, O Ephraim, hast thou played the harlot, [and] Israel is defiled.

I know Ephraim, and Israel has not been hidden from me, yet now Ephraim has committed fornication, and Israel has been contaminated.

4 Their doings will not permit them to return unto their God; for the spirit of lewdness is in their bosom, and the Lord they have not known.

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 Therefore shall the pride of Israel be humbled before his face: and Israel and Ephraim shall stumble in their iniquity; Judah also shall stumble with them.

And the arrogance of Israel will answer to his face. And Israel and Ephraim will fall in their iniquity, and even Judah will fall with them.

6 With their flocks and with their herds will they go to seek the Lord; but they shall not find him: he hath withdrawn himself from them.

With their flocks and their herds, they will go to seek the Lord, and they will not find him. He has taken himself away from them.

7 Against the Lord have they dealt treacherously; for strange children have they begotten: now shall one month devour them together with their possessions.

They have sinned against the Lord. For they have conceived sons that are strangers. Now one month will devour them with all their own.

8 Blow ye the cornet in Gib'ah, the trumpet in Ramah: blow the alarm at Beth-aven, [The enemy is] after thee, O Benjamin.

Sound the bugle in Gibeah, the trumpet in Ramah. Shout in Bethaven, behind your back, O Benjamin.

9 Ephraim shall be made desolate on the day of chastisement: among the tribes of Israel had I made known that which is true.

Ephraim will be in desolation on the day of correction, for within the tribes of Israel, I have revealed faith.

10 The princes of Judah were like those that remove the landmark: my wrath, therefore, will I pour out upon them like water.

The leaders of Judah have become like those who assume the end. I will pour my wrath over them like water.

11 Oppressed is Ephraim, broken through punishment; because he willingly walked after the commandment [of false prophets].

Ephraim has been enduring malicious slander and broken judgment, because he began to go after filth.

12 But like the moth became I unto Ephraim, and like rottenness to the house of Judah.

And I will be like a moth to Ephraim, and like decay to the house of Judah.

13 Then saw Ephraim his sickness, and Judah his wound, and Ephraim went to Asshur, and [the other] sent to the king that should contend [[Jareb]]; but he will never be able to heal you, nor remove from you your wound.

And Ephraim saw his own weakness, and Judah his chains. And Ephraim went to Assur, and he sent to the Avenging king. But he will not be able to heal you, nor is he able to release you from your chains.

14 For I am as a lion unto Ephraim, and as a young lion to the house of Judah: I, even I myself will tear in pieces and go away; I will bear away, and none shall deliver.

For I will be like a lioness to Ephraim, and like a lion’s offspring to the house of Judah. I myself will seize and go forth. I will take away, and there is no one who can rescue.

15 I will go [from here, and] return to my place, till they acknowledge their guilt, and seek my presence: in their affliction will they seek for me.

I will go and return to my place, until you shall grow faint and seek my face.