Hear ye
this, O priests; and hearken, ye house of Israel;
and give ye ear, O house of the king; for
judgment is toward you, because ye have been a
snare on Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor.
02 And the revolters are profound to make
slaughter, though I have been a rebuker of them
all.
03 I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me:
for now, O Ephraim, thou committest whoredom, and
Israel is defiled.
04 They will not frame their doings to turn unto
their God: for the spirit of whoredoms is in the
midst of them, and they have not known the Lord.
05 And the pride of Israel doth testify to his
face: therefore shall Israel and Ephraim fall in
their iniquity: Judah also shall fall with them.
06 They shall go with their flocks and with their
herds to seek the Lord; but they shall not find
him; he hath withdrawn himself from them.
07 They have dealt treacherously against the
Lord: for they have begotten strange children:
now shall a month devour them with their
portions.
08 Blow ye the cornet in Gibeah, and the trumpet
in Ramah: cry aloud at Bethaven, after thee, O
Benjamin.
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09 Ephraim shall be desolate in the day of
rebuke: among the tribes of Israel have I made
known that which shall surely be.
10 The princes of Judah were like them that
remove the bound: therefore I will pour out my
wrath upon them like water.
11 Ephraim is oppressed and broken in judgment,
because he willingly walked after the
commandment.
12 Therefore will I be unto Ephraim as a moth,
and to the house of Judah as rottenness.
13 When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah saw
his wound, then went Ephraim to the Assyrian, and
sent to king Jareb: yet could he not heal you,
nor cure you of your wound.
14 For 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 take away, and none
shall rescue him.
15 I will go and return to my place, till they
acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in
their affliction they will seek me early.
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