Hosea 5
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1"Hear this, priests, pay attention, house of Israel, listen, royal family! For judgment is coming your way, because you have been a trap to Mizpah, a snare spread out on Mount Tabor.1“Hear this, O priests! Take heed, O house of Israel! Give ear, O royal house! For this judgment is against you because you have been a snare at Mizpah, a net spread out on Tabor.
2The rebels are deep into their slaughter; I am punishing them all.2The rebels are deep in slaughter; but I will chastise them all.
3I know Ephraim, and Israel cannot hide from me, since you, Ephraim, have been acting like a prostitute, defiling Israel.3I know all about Ephraim, and Israel is not hidden from Me. For now, O Ephraim, you have turned to prostitution; Israel is defiled.
4"Their actions hinder them from turning to their God, because a spirit of fornication is in their midst, and the LORD they do not know.4Their deeds do not permit them to return to their God, for a spirit of prostitution is within them, and they do not know the LORD.
5The arrogance of Israel testifies against him; therefore Israel and Ephraim will stumble in their iniquity, and Judah with them.5Israel’s arrogance testifies against them; Israel and Ephraim stumble in their iniquity; even Judah stumbles with them.
6They will go with their flocks and herds to seek the LORD, but they will not find him; he has withdrawn from them.6They go with their flocks and herds to seek the LORD, but they do not find Him; He has withdrawn Himself from them.
7They have been unfaithful to the LORD, having raised unbelieving children. In the coming month they will be devoured, along with their fields. 7They have been unfaithful to the LORD; for they have borne illegitimate children. Now the New Moon will devour them along with their land.
8"Sound the trumpet in Gibeah, and the alarm in Ramah. Cry out at Beth-aven Go out, Benjamin!8Blow the ram’s horn in Gibeah, the trumpet in Ramah; raise the battle cry in Beth-aven: Lead on, O Benjamin!
9Ephraim will be desolate when it is rebuked. I have made known among the tribes of Israel what will surely come about.9Ephraim will be laid waste on the day of rebuke. Among the tribes of Israel I proclaim what is certain.
10The princes of Judah have become like those who move boundary markers: I will pour out my anger on them like water.10The princes of Judah are like those who move boundary stones; I will pour out My fury upon them like water.
11Ephraim is crushed, broken by judgment, because he willingly pursued idols. 11Ephraim is oppressed, crushed in judgment, for he is determined to follow worthless idols.
12Therefore I will consume Ephraim like a moth, and the house of Judah as rottenness consumes.12So I am like a moth to Ephraim, and like decay to the house of Judah.
13When Ephraim examined his illness and Judah his injury, then Ephraim went to Assyria, and inquired of the great king; but he could not cure you nor heal your injury.13When Ephraim saw his sickness and Judah his wound, then Ephraim turned to Assyria and sent to the great king. But he cannot cure you or heal your wound.
14Therefore I will be like a lion to Ephraim, and like a young lion to the house of Judah. I—even I—will tear them to pieces, and then I will leave. I will take them away, and there will be no rescue.14For I am like a lion to Ephraim and like a young lion to the house of Judah. I, even I, will tear them to pieces and then go away. I will carry them off where no one can rescue them.
15"I will leave and go back to my place until they admit their offense and seek my face. When affliction comes to them, they will eagerly seek me."15Then I will return to My place until they admit their guilt and seek My face; in their affliction they will earnestly seek Me.”
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