Hosea 5

1 “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 you have been a snare on Mizpah, And a net spread out on Tabor.

Hear this O priests and pay attention - O house of Israel and O house of the king give ear for [belongs] to you the judgment for a trap you have been to Mizpah and a net spread out over Tabor.

2 And to slaughter sinners have gone deep, And I [am] a chain to them all.

And slaughtering rebels they have made deep and I [am] discipline to all of them.

3 I have known Ephraim, And Israel has not been hid from Me, For now you have gone whoring, Ephraim, Israel is defiled.

I I know Ephraim and Israel not it is hidden from me for now you have prostituted yourself O Ephraim it has made itself unclean Israel.

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

Not they permit deeds their to return to God their for a spirit of prostitution [is] in inner being their and Yahweh not they know.

5 And humbled has been the excellence of Israel to his face, And Israel and Ephraim stumble by their iniquity, Judah has also stumbled with them.

And it testifies [the] pride of Israel in face its and Israel and Ephraim they will stumble on iniquity their it will stumble also Judah with them.

6 With their flock and with their herd, They go to seek YHWH, and do not find, He has withdrawn from them.

With flock[s] their and with herd[s] their they will go to seek Yahweh and not they will find [him] he has withdrawn from them.

7 Against YHWH they dealt treacherously, For they have begotten strange sons, Now a month consumes them [with] their portions.

With Yahweh they have dealt treacherously for children strange they have borne now it will devour them a new moon with portions their.

8 Blow a horn in Gibeah, a trumpet in Ramah, Shout, O Beth-Aven, after you, O Benjamin.

Blow a horn in Gibeah a trumpet in Ramah sound an alarm Beth Aven after you O Benjamin.

9 Ephraim is for a desolation in a day of reproof, I have made known a sure thing among the tribes of Israel.

Ephraim a waste it will become on [the] day of rebuke among [the] tribes of Israel I make known [something] trustworthy.

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

They have become [the] leaders of Judah like [those who] displace a boundary on them I will pour out like water wrath my.

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

[is] oppressed Ephraim [is] crushed of judgment for he was determined he walked after a command.

12 And I [am] as a moth to Ephraim, And as a rotten thing to the house of Judah.

And I [am] like moth to Ephraim and like rottenness to [the] house of Judah.

13 And Ephraim sees his sickness, and Judah his wound, And Ephraim goes to Asshur, And sends to a warlike king, And he is not able to give healing to you, Nor does he remove a scar from you.

And he saw Ephraim sickness his and Judah wound his and he went Ephraim to Assyria and he sent to king Jareb and he not he is able to heal you and not it will depart from you [the] wound.

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

For I [will be] like lion to Ephraim and like young lion to [the] house of Judah I I I will tear to pieces and I may go I will carry off and there not [will be] a deliverer.

15 I go—I return to My place, Until they are desolate, and have sought My face. In their distress they seek Me speedily!”

I will go I will return to place my until that they will be held guilty and they will seek face my when it is distress to them they will seek earnestly me.