Hosea
Chapter Five
1 ¶ "Hear this,
O priests! Take heed, O house of Israel! Give ear, O house of the king! For
yours is the judgment, Because you have been a snare to Mizpah And a net spread
on Tabor.
2 The revolters are deeply involved in slaughter, Though I rebuke them all.
3 I know Ephraim, And Israel is not hidden from Me; For now, O Ephraim, you
commit harlotry; Israel is defiled.
4 "They do not direct their deeds Toward turning to their God, For the
spirit of harlotry is in their midst, And they do not know the LORD.
5 The pride of Israel testifies to his face; Therefore Israel and Ephraim stumble
in their iniquity; Judah also stumbles with them.
6 "With their flocks and herds They shall go to seek the LORD, But they
will not find Him; He has withdrawn Himself from them.
7 They have dealt treacherously with the LORD, For they have begotten pagan
children. Now a New Moon shall devour them and their heritage.
8 ¶ "Blow the ram's horn in Gibeah, The trumpet in Ramah! Cry aloud
at Beth Aven, 'Look behind you, O Benjamin!'
9 Ephraim shall be desolate in the day of rebuke; Among the tribes of Israel
I make known what is sure.
10 "The princes of Judah are like those who remove a landmark; I will pour
out my wrath on them like water.
11 Ephraim is oppressed and broken in judgment, Because he willingly walked
by human precept.
12 Therefore I will be to Ephraim like a moth, And to the house of Judah like
rottenness.
13 "When Ephraim saw his sickness, And Judah saw his wound, Then Ephraim
went to Assyria And sent to King Jareb; Yet he cannot cure you, Nor heal you
of your wound.
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 them and go away; I will take them away, and
no one shall rescue.
15 I will return again to My place Till they acknowledge their offense. Then
they will seek My face; In their affliction they will earnestly seek Me."
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