HEAR this, O priest! Take heed, O house of Israel! Give ear, O house of the king! For yours is the judgment, because you have been a snare to Mizpah and a net spread on Tabor.

2 The revolters are deeply involved in slaughter, though I rebuke them all.

3 I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hidden from Me; for now, O Ephraim, you commit harlotry; Israel defiled.

4 "They do not direct their deeds toward turning to their God, for the spirit of harlotry is in their midst, and they do not know the LORD.

5 The pride of Israel testifies to his face; therefore Israel and Ephraim stumble in their iniquity; Judah also stumbles with them.

6 "With their flocks and herds they shall go to seek the LORD, but they will not find Him; He has withdraw Himself from them.

7 They have dealt tracherously with the LORD, for they have begotten pagan children. Now a New Moon shall devour them and their heritage.

8 "Blow the ram's horn in Gibeah, the trumpt in Ramah! Cry aloud at Beth Aven, 'Look behind you, O Benjamin!'

9 Ephraim shall be desolate in the day of rubuke; among the tribes of Israel I make known what is sure.

10 "The princes of Judah are like those who remove a landmark; I will pour out my wrath on them like water.

11 Ephraim is oppreseed and broken in judgment, because he willingly walk by human percept.

12 Therefore I will be to Ephraim like a moth, and to the house of Judah like rottenness.

13 "When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah saw his wound, then Ephraim went to Assyria and sent to King Jareb; yet he cannot cure you, nor heal you of your wound.

14 For I will be like a loin to Ephraim, and like a young lion to the house of Judah. I, even I, will tear them and go away; I will take them away, and no one shall rescue.

15 I will return again to My place till they acknowledge their offense. Then they will seek My face; in their affliction they will earnestly seek Me." HOSEA 5