Chapter 5

Hear³ ye this, O priests; and hearken,⁵⁴ ye house of Israel; and give ye ear,⁵⁴ O house of the king; for judgment [is] toward you, because ye have been a snare on Mizpah, and a net spread⁷ upon Tabor.

And the revolters are profound⁵² to make slaughter,² though I [have been] a rebuker of them all.

I know¹ Ephraim, and Israel is not hid⁸ from me: for now, O Ephraim, thou committest whoredom,⁵² [and] Israel is defiled.⁸

They will not frame⁴ their doings to turn² unto their God: for the spirit of whoredoms [is] in the midst of them, and they have not known¹ the LORD.

And the pride of Israel doth testify¹ to his face: therefore shall Israel and Ephraim fall¹¹ in their iniquity; Judah also shall fall¹ with them.

They shall go⁴ with their flocks and with their herds to seek¹⁵ the LORD; but they shall not find⁴ [him]; he hath withdrawn¹ himself from them.

They have dealt treacherously¹ against the LORD: for they have begotten¹ strange⁵ children: now shall a month devour⁴ them with their portions.

Blow³ ye the cornet in Gibeah, [and] the trumpet in Ramah: cry aloud⁵⁴ [at] Bethaven, after thee, O Benjamin.

Ephraim shall be desolate in the day of rebuke: among the tribes of Israel have I made known⁵² that which shall surely be.¹²

The princes of Judah were like them that remove⁵⁶ the bound: [therefore] I will pour out⁴ my wrath upon them like water.

Ephraim [is] oppressed⁷ [and] broken⁷ in judgment, because he willingly⁵² walked¹ after the commandment.

Therefore [will] I [be] unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness.

When Ephraim saw⁴ his sickness, and Judah [saw] his wound, then went⁴ Ephraim to the Assyrian, and sent⁴ to king Jareb: ^{7378 4} yet could⁴ he not heal² you, nor cure⁴ you of your wound.

For I [will be] unto Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to the house of Judah: I, [even] I, will tear⁴ and go away;⁴ I will take away,⁴ and none shall rescue⁵⁶ [him].

I will go⁴ [and] return⁴ to my place, till they acknowledge their offence,⁴ and seek¹⁴ my face: in their affliction they will seek me early.¹⁷