1
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.
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2
The revolters have gone deep in depravity, But I will chastise all of them.
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3
I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hidden from Me; For now, O Ephraim, you have played the harlot, Israel has defiled itself.
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4
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.
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5
Moreover, the pride of Israel testifies against him, And Israel and Ephraim stumble in their iniquity; Judah also has stumbled with them.
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6
They will go with their flocks and herds To seek the LORD, but they will not find Him; He has withdrawn from them.
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7
They have dealt treacherously against the LORD, For they have borne illegitimate children. Now the new moon will devour them with their land.
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8
Blow the horn in Gibeah, The trumpet in Ramah. Sound an alarm at Beth-aven: "Behind you, Benjamin!"
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9
Ephraim will become a desolation in the day of rebuke; Among the tribes of Israel I declare what is sure.
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10
The princes of Judah have become like those who move a boundary; On them I will pour out My wrath like water.
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11
Ephraim is oppressed, crushed in judgment, Because he was determined to follow * man's command.
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12
Therefore I am like a moth to Ephraim And like rottenness to the house of Judah.
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13
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.
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14
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.
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15
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.
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