Hosea 5
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1"Hear this, you priests! Pay attention, you Israelites! Listen, royal house! This judgment is against you: You have been a snare at Mizpah, a net spread out on Tabor.1"Hear this, priests, pay attention, house of Israel, listen, royal family! For judgment is coming your way, because you have been a trap to Mizpah, a snare spread out on Mount Tabor.
2The rebels are knee-deep in slaughter. I will discipline all of them.2The rebels are deep into their slaughter; I am punishing them all.
3I know all about Ephraim; Israel is not hidden from me. Ephraim, you have now turned to prostitution; Israel is corrupt.3I know Ephraim, and Israel cannot hide from me, since you, Ephraim, have been acting like a prostitute, defiling Israel.
4"Their deeds do not permit them to return to their God. A spirit of prostitution is in their heart; they do not acknowledge the LORD.4"Their actions hinder them from turning to their God, because a spirit of fornication is in their midst, and the LORD they do not know.
5Israel's arrogance testifies against them; the Israelites, even Ephraim, stumble in their sin; Judah also stumbles with them.5The arrogance of Israel testifies against him; therefore Israel and Ephraim will stumble in their iniquity, and Judah with them.
6When they go with their flocks and herds to seek the LORD, they will not find him; he has withdrawn himself from them.6They will go with their flocks and herds to seek the LORD, but they will not find him; he has withdrawn from them.
7They are unfaithful to the LORD; they give birth to illegitimate children. When they celebrate their New Moon feasts, he will devour their fields.7They have been unfaithful to the LORD, having raised unbelieving children. In the coming month they will be devoured, along with their fields.
8"Sound the trumpet in Gibeah, the horn in Ramah. Raise the battle cry in Beth Aven; lead on, Benjamin.8"Sound the trumpet in Gibeah, and the alarm in Ramah. Cry out at Beth-aven Go out, Benjamin!
9Ephraim will be laid waste on the day of reckoning. Among the tribes of Israel I proclaim what is certain.9Ephraim will be desolate when it is rebuked. I have made known among the tribes of Israel what will surely come about.
10Judah's leaders are like those who move boundary stones. I will pour out my wrath on them like a flood of water.10The princes of Judah have become like those who move boundary markers: I will pour out my anger on them like water.
11Ephraim is oppressed, trampled in judgment, intent on pursuing idols.11Ephraim is crushed, broken by judgment, because he willingly pursued idols.
12I am like a moth to Ephraim, like rot to the people of Judah.12Therefore I will consume Ephraim like a moth, and the house of Judah as rottenness consumes.
13"When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah his sores, then Ephraim turned to Assyria, and sent to the great king for help. But he is not able to cure you, not able to heal your sores.13When Ephraim examined his illness and Judah his injury, then Ephraim went to Assyria, and inquired of the great king; but he could not cure you nor heal your injury.
14For I will be like a lion to Ephraim, like a great lion to Judah. I will tear them to pieces and go away; I will carry them off, with no one to rescue them.14Therefore I will be like a lion to Ephraim, and like a young lion to the house of Judah. I—even I—will tear them to pieces, and then I will leave. I will take them away, and there will be no rescue.
15Then I will return to my lair until they have borne their guilt and seek my face-- in their misery they will earnestly seek me."15"I will leave and go back to my place until they admit their offense and seek my face. When affliction comes to them, they will eagerly seek me."
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