Hosea 5

1 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.

“Hear this, O priests! Take heed, O house of Israel! Give ear, O royal house! For this judgment is against you because you have been a snare at Mizpah, a net spread out on Tabor.

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

The rebels are deep in slaughter; but I will chastise them all.

3 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.

I know all about Ephraim, and Israel is not hidden from Me. For now, O Ephraim, you have turned to prostitution; Israel is defiled.

4 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.

Their deeds do not permit them to return to their God, for a spirit of prostitution is within them, and they do not know the LORD.

5 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.

Israel’s arrogance testifies against them; Israel and Ephraim stumble in their iniquity; even Judah stumbles with them.

6 With flock[s] their and with herd[s] their they will go to seek Yahweh and not they will find [him] he has withdrawn from them.

They go with their flocks and herds to seek the LORD, but they do not find Him; He has withdrawn Himself from them.

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

They have been unfaithful to the LORD; for they have borne illegitimate children. Now the New Moon will devour them along with their land.

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

Blow the ram’s horn in Gibeah, the trumpet in Ramah; raise the battle cry in Beth-aven: Lead on, O Benjamin!

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

Ephraim will be laid waste on the day of rebuke. Among the tribes of Israel I proclaim what is certain.

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

The princes of Judah are like those who move boundary stones; I will pour out My fury upon them like water.

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

Ephraim is oppressed, crushed in judgment, for he is determined to follow worthless idols.

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

So I am like a moth to Ephraim, and like decay to the house of Judah.

13 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.

When Ephraim saw his sickness and Judah his wound, then Ephraim turned to Assyria and sent to the great king. But he cannot cure you or heal your wound.

14 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.

For I am like a lion to Ephraim and like a young lion to the house of Judah. I, even I, will tear them to pieces and then go away. I will carry them off where no one can rescue them.

15 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.

Then I will return to My place until they admit their guilt and seek My face; in their affliction they will earnestly seek Me.”