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Hosea 5

New Century Version NCV

1 "Listen, you priests. Pay attention, people of Israel. Listen, royal family, because you will all be judged. and like a net spread out at Mount Tabor.

2 You have done many evil things, so I will punish you all.

3 I know all about the people of Israel; what they have done is not hidden from me. Now that Israel acts like a prostitute, it has made itself unclean.

4 "They will not give up their deeds and return to their God. They are determined to be unfaithful to me; they do not know the Lord.

5 Israel's pride testifies against them. The people of Israel will stumble because of their sin, and the people of Judah will stumble with them.

6 They will come to worship the Lord, bringing their flocks and herds, but they will not be able to find him, because he has left them.

7 They have not been true to the Lord; they are children who do not belong to him. So their false worship will destroy them and their land.

8 "Blow the horn in Gibeah and the trumpet in Ramah. Give the warning at Beth Aven, and be first into battle, people of Benjamin.

9 Israel will be ruined on the day of punishment. I tell the truth.

10 The leaders of Judah are like those who steal other people's land. I will pour my punishment over them like a flood of water.

11 Israel is crushed by the punishment, because it decided to follow idols.

12 I am like a moth to Israel, like a rot to the people of Judah.

13 "When Israel saw its illness and Judah saw its wounds, and sent to the great king of Assyria. But he cannot heal you or cure your wounds.

14 I will be like a lion to Israel, like a young lion to Judah. I will attack them and tear them to pieces. I will drag them off, and no one will be able to save them.

15 Then I will go back to my place until they suffer for their guilt and turn back to me. In their trouble they will look for me."

Good News Translation GNT

1 "Listen to this, you priests! Pay attention, people of Israel! Listen, you that belong to the royal family! You are supposed to judge with justice - so judgment will fall on you! You have become a trap at Mizpah, a net spread on Mount Tabor,

2 a deep pit at Acacia City, and I will punish all of you.

3 I know what Israel is like - she cannot hide from me. She has been unfaithful, and her people are unfit to worship me."

4 The evil that the people have done keeps them from returning to their God. Idolatry has a powerful hold on them, and they do not acknowledge the Lord.

5 The arrogance of the people of Israel cries out against them. Their sins make them stumble and fall, and the people of Judah fall with them.

6 They take their sheep and cattle to offer as sacrifices to the Lord, but it does them no good. They cannot find him, for he has left them.

7 They have been unfaithful to the Lord; their children do not belong to him. So now they and their lands will soon be destroyed.

8 Blow the war trumpets in Gibeah! Sound the alarm in Ramah! Raise the war cry at Bethaven! Into battle, men of Benjamin!

9 The day of punishment is coming, and Israel will be ruined. People of Israel, this will surely happen!

10 The Lord says, "I am angry because the leaders of Judah have invaded Israel and stolen land from her. So I will pour out punishment on them like a flood.

11 Israel is suffering oppression; she has lost land that was rightfully hers, because she insisted on going for help to those who had none to give.

12 I will bring destruction on Israel and ruin on the people of Judah.

13 "When Israel saw how sick she was and when Judah saw her own wounds, then Israel went to Assyria to ask the great emperor for help, but he could not cure them or heal their wounds.

14 I will attack the people of Israel and Judah like a lion. I myself will tear them to pieces and then leave them. When I drag them off, no one will be able to save them.

15 "I will abandon my people until they have suffered enough for their sins and come looking for me. Perhaps in their suffering they will try to find me."