1 “ Listen to this, you priests! Listen, house of Israel, and give ear, house of the king! For the judgment is against you; for you have been a snare at Mizpah, and a net spread on Tabor.

Hear this, O priests! Give heed, O house of Israel! Listen, O house of the king! For the judgment applies to you, For you have been a snare at Mizpah And a net spread out on Tabor.

2 T he rebels are deep in slaughter; but I discipline all of them.

The revolters have gone deep in depravity, But I will chastise all of them.

3 I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hidden from me; for now, Ephraim, you have played the prostitute. Israel is defiled.

I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hidden from Me; For now, O Ephraim, you have played the harlot, Israel has defiled itself.

4 T heir deeds won’t allow them to turn to their God; for the spirit of prostitution is within them, and they don’t know Yahweh.

Their deeds will not allow them To return to their God. For a spirit of harlotry is within them, And they do not know the Lord.

5 T he pride of Israel testifies to his face. Therefore Israel and Ephraim will stumble in their iniquity. Judah also will stumble with them.

Moreover, the pride of Israel testifies against him, And Israel and Ephraim stumble in their iniquity; Judah also has stumbled with them.

6 T hey will go with their flocks and with their herds to seek Yahweh; but they won’t find him. He has withdrawn himself from them.

They will go with their flocks and herds To seek the Lord, but they will not find Him; He has withdrawn from them.

7 T hey are unfaithful to Yahweh; for they have borne illegitimate children. Now the new moon will devour them with their fields.

They have dealt treacherously against the Lord, For they have borne illegitimate children. Now the new moon will devour them with their land.

8 “ Blow the cornet in Gibeah, and the trumpet in Ramah! Sound a battle cry at Beth Aven, behind you, Benjamin!

Blow the horn in Gibeah, The trumpet in Ramah. Sound an alarm at Beth-aven: “ Behind you, Benjamin!”

9 E phraim will become a desolation in the day of rebuke. Among the tribes of Israel, I have made known that which will surely be.

Ephraim will become a desolation in the day of rebuke; Among the tribes of Israel I declare what is sure.

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

The princes of Judah have become like those who move a boundary; On them I will pour out My wrath like water.

11 E phraim is oppressed, he is crushed in judgment; Because he is intent in his pursuit of idols.

Ephraim is oppressed, crushed in judgment, Because he was determined to follow man’s command.

12 T herefore I am to Ephraim like a moth, and to the house of Judah like rottenness.

Therefore I am like a moth to Ephraim And like rottenness to the house of Judah.

13 “ When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah his wound, Then Ephraim went to Assyria, and sent to king Jareb: but he is not able to heal you, neither will he cure you of your wound.

When Ephraim saw his sickness, And Judah his wound, Then Ephraim went to Assyria And sent to King Jareb. But he is unable to heal you, Or to cure you of your wound.

14 F or I will be to Ephraim like a lion, and like a young lion to the house of Judah. I myself will tear in pieces and go away. I will carry off, and there will be no one to deliver.

For I will be like a lion to Ephraim And like a young lion to the house of Judah. I, even I, will tear to pieces and go away, I will carry away, and there will be none to deliver.

15 I will go and return to my place, until they acknowledge their offense, and seek my face. In their affliction they will seek me earnestly.”

I will go away and return to My place Until they acknowledge their guilt and seek My face; In their affliction they will earnestly seek Me.