Hosea 5:1-15
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Judgment on Ephraim and Judah (1-15)
5 “Hear this, you priests,+Pay attention, O house of Israel,Listen, O house of the king,For the judgment involves you;Because you are a trap to MizʹpahAnd a net spread over Taʹbor.+
2 And those falling away* have sunk deep* in slaughter,And I am warning* all of them.
3 I know Eʹphra·im,And Israel is not hidden from me.
For now, O Eʹphra·im, you have acted promiscuously;*Israel has defiled itself.+
4 Their dealings do not permit them to return to their God,Because there is a spirit of prostitution* among them;+And Jehovah they do not acknowledge.
5 The pride of Israel has testified against him;*+Both Israel and Eʹphra·im have stumbled in their error,And Judah has stumbled with them.+
6 With their flock and their herd they went to look for Jehovah,But they could not find him.
He had drawn away from them.+
7 They have betrayed Jehovah,+For they have fathered foreign sons.
Now a month will devour them* and their portions.*
8 Blow a horn+ in Gibʹe·ah, a trumpet in Raʹmah!+
Shout a war cry at Beth-aʹven+—after you, O Benjamin!
9 O Eʹphra·im, you will become an object of horror in the day of punishment.+
I have made known what will surely happen among the tribes of Israel.
10 The princes of Judah are like those moving a boundary.+
I will pour out my fury on them like water.
11 Eʹphra·im is oppressed, crushed by judgment,For he was determined to follow after his adversary.+
12 So I was like a moth to Eʹphra·imAnd like rottenness to the house of Judah.
13 When Eʹphra·im saw his sickness, and Judah his ulcer,Eʹphra·im went to As·syrʹi·a+ and sent to a great king.
But he was unable to heal you,And he could not cure your ulcer.
14 For I will be like a young lion to Eʹphra·im,And like a strong lion* to the house of Judah.
I myself will tear to pieces and go away;+I will carry them off, and no one will rescue them.+
15 I will go away and return to my place until they bear the consequences of their guilt,And then they will seek my favor.*+
When they are in distress, they will seek me.”+
Footnotes
^ Or “the rebels.”
^ Or “have been deeply involved.”
^ Or “I will discipline.”
^ Or “have acted immorally; have engaged in prostitution.”
^ Or “immorality; promiscuity.”
^ Lit., “to his face.”
^ Or possibly, “Within a month they will be devoured.”
^ Or “fields.”
^ Or “a maned young lion.”
^ Lit., “face.”
