1. Hear ye this, O priests; and listen, you house of Israel; and give ear, O house of the king; for judgment is directed to you, because you have been a snare on Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor.
2. And the rebels dig deep to make slaughter, though I have been a rebuker of them all.
3. I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me: for now, O Ephraim, you commit whoredom, and Israel is defiled.
4. They will not frame their doings to turn to their God: for the spirit of whoredoms is in the midst of them, and they have not known the LORD.
5. And the pride of Israel testifies to his face: therefore shall Israel and Ephraim fall in their iniquity; Judah also shall fall with them.
6. They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek the LORD; but they shall not find him; he has withdrawn himself from them.
7. They have dealt treacherously against the LORD: for they have begotten strange children: now shall a month devour them with their portions.
8. Blow ye the horn in Gibeah, and the trumpet in Ramah: cry aloud at Beth-aven, after you, O Benjamin.
9. 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 those who remove the landmark: 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 false commandment.
12. Therefore will I 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 went Ephraim to the Assyrian, and sent to king Jareb: yet he could not heal you, nor cure you of your wound.
14. For I will be to Ephraim like a lion, and like 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 offense, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early.