1 Yahweh Withdraws from Israel Hear this, O priests!Give heed, O house of Israel!Give ear, O house of the king!For the judgment is for you,For you have been a snare at MizpahAnd a net spread out on Tabor.
2 And the revolters have dug deep into slaughtering,But I will chastise all of them.
3 I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hidden from Me;For now, O Ephraim, you have played the harlot;Israel has defiled itself.
4 Their deeds will not allow themTo return to their God.For a spirit of harlotry is within them,And they do not know Yahweh.
5 Moreover, the pride of Israel answers against him,And Israel and Ephraim stumble in their iniquity;Judah also has stumbled with them.
6 They will go with their flocks and herdsTo seek Yahweh, but they will not findHim;He has withdrawn from them.
7 They have dealt treacherously against Yahweh,For they have borne children of strangers.Now the new moon will devour them with their portions.
8 ¶Blow the horn in Gibeah,The trumpet in Ramah.Make a loud shout at Beth-aven:“Behind you, Benjamin!”
9 Ephraim will become a desolation in the day of reproof;Among the tribes of Israel I will make known what is true.
10 The princes of Judah have become like those who move a boundary;On them I will pour out My wrath like water.
11 Ephraim is oppressed, crushed in judgment,Because he was determined to 5:11Some ancient versions follow nothingness walk afterman’scommand.
12 Therefore I am like a moth to EphraimAnd like rottenness to the house of Judah.
13 Then Ephraim saw his sickness,And Judah his sore,So Ephraim went to AssyriaAnd sent to 5:13 Or the avenging king, the great king King Jareb.But he is unable to heal youOr to cure you of your sore.
14 For Iwill belike a lion to EphraimAnd like a young lion to the house of Judah.I, even I, will tear to pieces and go away;I will carry away, and there will be none to deliver.
15 I will go awayandreturn to My placeUntil they 5:15Or bear their punishment acknowledge their guilt and seek My face;In their affliction they will seek Me earnestly.