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.1Hear this, priests! Pay attention, house of Israel! Listen, royal house! For the judgment applies to you because you have been a snare at Mizpah and a net spread out on Tabor.
2The rebels are deep into their slaughter; I am punishing them all.2Rebels are deeply involved in slaughter; I will be a punishment for all of them.
3I know Ephraim, and Israel cannot hide from me, since you, Ephraim, have been acting like a prostitute, defiling Israel.3I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hidden from me. For now, Ephraim, you have acted promiscuously; 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 actions do not allow them to return to their God, for a spirit of promiscuity is among 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. Both Israel and Ephraim stumble because of their iniquity; even Judah will stumble 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6They will go with their flocks and herds to seek the LORD, but they will not find him; he has withdrawn from them.6They go with their flocks and herds to seek the LORD but do not find him; he has withdrawn from them.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 betrayed the LORD; indeed, they gave birth to illegitimate children. Now the New Moon will devour them along with their fields.
8"Sound the trumpet in Gibeah, and the alarm in Ramah. Cry out at Beth-aven Go out, Benjamin!8Blow the horn in Gibeah, the trumpet in Ramah; raise the war cry in Beth-aven: Look behind you, 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 become a desolation on the day of punishment; I announce what is certain among the tribes of Israel.
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 markers; I will pour out my fury on 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 what is worthless.
12Therefore I will consume Ephraim like a moth, and the house of Judah as rottenness consumes.12So I am like rot 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, Ephraim went to Assyria and sent a delegation 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. Yes, I will tear them to pieces and depart. I will carry them off, and 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."15I will depart and return to my place until they recognize their guilt and seek my face; they will search for me in their distress.
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