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 ye this, O ye priests, And hearken, O house of Israel, And give ear, O house of the king! For judgment is coming upon you, Because ye have been a snare at Mizpah, And an outspread net upon Tabor.

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

By their sacrifices they commit deep transgression, And I will bring chastisement upon 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 is not hidden from me; For thou committest fornication, O Ephraim, And Israel is defiled.

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 frame their doings To return to their God; For a spirit of fornication is within them, And they have no regard to Jehovah.

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.

The pride of Israel testifieth to his face; Therefore shall Israel and Ephraim fall in their iniquity; Judah also shall 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6 With their flocks and with their herds will they go to seek the Lord; but they shall not find him: he hath withdrawn himself from them.

With their flocks and with their herds shall they go to seek Jehovah, And shall not find him; He hath withdrawn himself from them.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 been false to Jehovah, For they have begotten strange children; Now shall the new moon consume them with their possessions.

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.

Blow ye the trumpet in Gibeah, And the cornet in Ramah; Cry aloud at Bethaven! Look behind thee, 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 shall be desolate in the day of rebuke; Among the tribes of Israel do I make known what is sure.

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

The princes of Judah are like them that remove the land mark; I will pour out my wrath upon them like water.

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

Ephraim is oppressed; he is crushed with punishment, Because he willingly walked after the decree.

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

I am as a moth to Ephraim, And as rottenness 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.

When Ephraim saw his sickness, And Judah his wound, Then went Ephraim to the Assyrian, And Judah sent to the hostile king; But he will not be able to heal you, Nor will he cure you of your wound.

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 as a lion to Ephraim, And as a young lion to the house of Judah. I, even I, will tear, and will depart; I will take away, and none shall 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 back to my place, Till they have suffered for their sin, and seek my face! In their affliction they will seek me early.