1
Hear ye this, O priests; and hearken, ye house of Israel; and give ye ear, O house of the king; for judgment is toward you, because ye have been a snare on Mizpah, and a netspread upon Tabor.
13
When Ephraimsaw his sickness, and Judah saw his wound, then wentEphraim to the Assyrian, and sent to kingJareb*: yet could he not heal you, nor cure you of your wound.
14
For 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 none shall rescue him.