Hosea 5

1Hear this, O ye priests, and hearken, O house of Israel, and give ear, O house of the king; for unto you pertaineth the judgment; for ye have been a snare at Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor.

1Hear ye this, O priests, and hearken, O ye house of Israel, and give ear, O house of the king: for there is a judgment against you, because you have been a snare to them whom you should have watched over and a net spread upon Thabor.

2And the revolters are gone deep in making slaughter; but I am a rebuker of them all.

2And you have turned aside victims into the depth and I am the teacher of them all.

3I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me; for now, O Ephraim, thou hast played the harlot, Israel is defiled.

3I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me for now Ephraim hath committed fornication, Israel is defiled.

4Their doings will not suffer them to turn unto their God; for the spirit of whoredom is within them, and they know not Jehovah.

4They will not set their thoughts to return to their God: for the spirit of fornication is in the midst of them, and they have not known the Lord.

5And the pride of Israel doth testify to his face: therefore Israel and Ephraim shall stumble in their iniquity; Judah also shall stumble with them.

5And the pride of Israel shall answer in his face: and Israel, and Ephraim shall fall in their iniquity, Juda also shall fall with them.

6They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek Jehovah; but they shall not find him: he hath withdrawn himself from them.

6With their flocks and with their herds, they shall go to seek the Lord, and shall not find him: he is withdrawn from them.

7They have dealt treacherously against Jehovah; for they have borne strange children: now shall the new moon devour them with their fields.

7They have transgressed against the Lord: for they have begotten children that are strangers: now shall a month devour them with their portions.

8Blow ye the cornet in Gibeah, and the trumpet in Ramah: sound an alarm at Beth-aven; behind thee, O Benjamin.

8Blow ye the cornet in Gabaa, the trumpet in Rama: howl ye in Bethaven, behind thy back, O Benjamin.

9Ephraim shall become a desolation in the day of rebuke: among the tribes of Israel have I made known that which shall surely be.

9Ephraim shall be in desolation in the day of rebuke: among the tribes of Israel I have shewn that which shall surely be.

10The princes of Judah are like them that remove the landmark: I will pour out my wrath upon them like water.

10The princes of Juda are become as they that take up the bound: I will pour out my wrath upon them like water.

11Ephraim is oppressed, he is crushed in judgment; because he was content to walk after man’s command.

11Ephraim is under oppression, and broken in judgment: because he began to go after filthiness.

12Therefore am I unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness.

12And I will be like a moth to Ephraim: and like rottenness to the house of Juda.

13When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah saw his wound, then went Ephraim to Assyria, and sent to king Jareb: but he is not able to heal you, neither will he cure you of your wound.

13And Ephraim saw his sickness, and Juda his band: and Ephraim went to the Assyrian, and sent to the avenging king: and he shall not be able to heal you, neither shall he be able to take off the band from you.

14For 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 carry off, and there shall be none to deliver.

14For I will be like a lioness to Ephraim, and like a lion's whelp to the house of Juda: I, I will catch, and go: I will take away, and there is none that can rescue.

15I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me earnestly.

15I will go and return to my place: until you are consumed, and seek my face.