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, a snare ye have been on Mizpah, And a net spread out on Tabor.

Hear this, priests! Attend, Israelites! Listen, royal family! For you is the judgment: a snare you have become at Mizpeh, and a net spread out on Tabor,

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

the rebels are deep in slaughter, but I will discipline all.

3 I have known Ephraim, And Israel hath not been hid from me, For now thou hast gone a-whoring, Ephraim, Defiled is Israel.

I know Ephraim, Israel is not hidden from me, for you, Ephraim, have committed prostitution and Israel is defiled.

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

Their deeds do not permit them to return to their God. For the spirit of prostitution is within them, they do not know the Lord.

5 And humbled hath been the excellency of Israel to his face, And Israel and Ephraim stumble by their iniquity, Stumbled also hath Judah with them.

Israel’s arrogance testifies against them, Israel, even Ephraim, stumble in their sin, and Judah also stumbles with them.

6 With their flock and with their herd, They go to seek Jehovah, and do not find, He hath withdrawn from them.

With their sheep and their cattle they will go to seek the Lord but they will not find him, he has withdrawn from them,

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

for they have been untrue to the Lord, their children are strangers. Their new moon festivals will soon destroy them and their fields.

8 Blow ye a cornet in Gibeah, a trumpet in Ramah, Shout, O Beth-Aven, after thee, O Benjamin.

Blow the trumpet in Gibeah, the clarion in Ramah! Raise the alarm in Beth-aven: we are with you, Benjamin!

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

Ephraim will become a desolation in the day of punishment, concerning the tribes of Israel I make known what is certain.

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

The princes of Israel have become like thieves who move boundary stones. On them I will pour out my wrath like a flood.

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

Ephraim will be oppressed, crushed by judgment, for they are determined to go after vanity.

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

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

13 And see doth Ephraim his sickness, and Judah his wound, And Ephraim goeth unto Asshur, And sendeth unto a warlike king, And he is not able to give healing to you, Nor doth he remove from you a scar.

For when Ephraim saw their sickness and Israel their wound, Ephraim turned to Assyria, to its patron king. But he cannot heal you nor relieve you of your wound.

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

For I myself will be like a lion to Ephraim, like a young lion to the house of Judah. I, yes I, will rend and go my way, I will carry off and none will rescue.

15 I go — I turn back unto My place, Till that they are desolate, and have sought My face. In their distress they do seek Me speedily!'

I will return to my place, until in remorse they seek my presence. When they are in distress they will quickly seek me,