Hear ye this, O priests; and hearken, ye house of Israel; and give ye ear, O house of the king; for judgmentistoward you, because ye have been a snare on Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor.
And the revolters are profound to make slaughter, though Ihave beena rebuker of them all.
I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me: for now, O Ephraim, thou committest whoredom,andIsrael is defiled.
They will not frame their doings to turn unto their God: for the spirit of whoredomsisin the midst of them, and they have not known theLORD.
And the pride of Israel doth testify to his face: therefore shall Israel and Ephraim fall in their iniquity; Judah also shall fall with them.
They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek theLORD; but they shall not findhim;he hath withdrawn himself from them.
They have dealt treacherously against theLORD: for they have begotten strange children: now shall a month devour them with their portions.
Blow ye the cornet in Gibeah,andthe trumpet in Ramah: cry aloudatBeth-aven, after thee, O Benjamin.
Ephraim shall be desolate in the day of rebuke: among the tribes of Israel have I made known that which shall surely be.
The princes of Judah were like them that remove the bound:thereforeI will pour out my wrath upon them like water.
Ephraimisoppressedandbroken in judgment, because he willingly walked after the commandment.
ThereforewillIbeunto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness.
When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judahsawhis wound, then went Ephraim to the Assyrian, and sent to king Jareb: yet could he not heal you, nor cure you of your wound.
For Iwill beunto Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to the house of Judah: I,evenI, will tear and go away; I will take away, and none shall rescuehim.
I will goandreturn to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early.