1 ¶ Hear ye this, O priests; and hearken, ye house of Israel; and give ear, O house of the king because the judgment is for you, for ye have been a snare in Mizpah and a net spread over Tabor.

`Hear this, O priests, and attend, O house of Israel, And, O house of the king, give ear, For the judgment for you, For, a snare ye have been on Mizpah, And a net spread out on Tabor.

2 A nd in killing sacrifices ye have descended into the depths; therefore, I shall be the correction of them all.

And to slaughter sinners have gone deep, And I a fetter to them all.

3 I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me; for now, O Ephraim, thou dost commit whoredom, and Israel is defiled.

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

4 T hey will not think about returning unto their God; for the spirit of whoredoms is in the midst of them, and they do not know the LORD.

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

5 A nd the pride of Israel doth testify to his face: therefore Israel and Ephraim shall fall in their iniquity; Judah shall also fall with them.

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.

6 T hey shall go with their flocks and with their herds seeking the LORD; but they shall not find him; he has withdrawn himself from them.

With their flock and with their herd, They go to seek Jehovah, and do not find, He hath withdrawn from them.

7 T hey have rebelled against the LORD; for they have begotten strange sons; now a month shall devour them with their portions.

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

8 ¶ Blow ye the shofar in Gibeah and the trumpet in Ramah; sound the drum in Bethaven; after thee, O Benjamin.

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

9 E phraim shall be made desolate in the day of chastisement; in the tribes of Israel I made known my truth.

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

10 T he princes of Judah were like those that move the boundaries; therefore I will pour out my wrath upon them like water.

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

11 E phraim is oppressed and broken in judgment because he wanted to walk after commandments.

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

12 T herefore I will be unto Ephraim as a moth and to the house of Judah as rottenness.

And I as a moth to Ephraim, And as a rotten thing to the house of Judah.

13 A nd Ephraim shall see his sickness and Judah his wound; then Ephraim shall go to the Assyrian and shall send to King Jareb; yet he shall not be able to heal you, nor cure you of your wound.

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.

14 F or I will be unto Ephraim as a lion and as a young lion to the house of Judah; I, even I, will tear and go away; I will take away, and there shall be no one left to escape.

For I 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.

15 I will go and return to my place until they acknowledge their guilt and seek my face; in their affliction they will seek me early.

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!'