Hosea 5

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1 Hear this, O priests, Pay attention, O house of Israel, O household of the king, give ear! It is you who are called to judgment. For you have become a snare at Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor.	1 Hear this, priests, and pay attention, house of Israel, and listen closely, house of the king. For there is a judgment against you, because you have become a trap for those you watched over, and a net stretched out over Tabor.
2 In their perversity they have sunk into wickedness, and I am rejected by them all.	2 And you have led astray victims into the depths, though I am the teacher of them all.
3 I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hidden from me; Now Ephraim has played the harlot, Israel is defiled.	3 I know Ephraim, and Israel has not been hidden from me, yet now Ephraim has committed fornication, and Israel has been contaminated.
4 Their deeds do not allow them to return to their God; For the spirit of harlotry is in them, and they do not recognize the LORD.	4 They will not set their thoughts to return to their God, for the spirit of fornication is in the midst of them, and they have not known the Lord.
5 The arrogance of Israel bears witness against him; Ephraim stumbles in his guilt, and Judah stumbles with them.	5 And the arrogance of Israel will answer to his face. And Israel and Ephraim will fall in their iniquity, and even Judah will fall with them.
6 With their flocks and their herds they shall go to seek the LORD, but they shall not find him; he has withdrawn himself from them.	6 With their flocks and their herds, they will go to seek the Lord, and they will not find him. He has taken himself away from them.
7 They have been untrue to the LORD, for they have begotten illegitimate children; Now shall the new moon devour them together with their fields.	7 They have sinned against the Lord. For they have conceived sons that are strangers. Now one month will devour them with all their own.
8 Blow the horn in Gibeah, the trumpet in Ramah! Sound the alarm in Beth-aven: "Look behind you, O Benjamin!"	8 Sound the bugle in Gibeah, the trumpet in Ramah. Shout in Bethaven, behind your back, O Benjamin.
9 Ephraim shall become a waste on the day of chastisement: Against the tribes of Israel I announce what is sure to be.	9 Ephraim will be in desolation on the day of correction, for within the tribes of Israel, I have revealed faith.
10 The princes of Judah have become like those that move a boundary line; Upon them I will pour out my wrath like water.	10 The leaders of Judah have become like those who assume the end. I will pour my wrath over them like water.
11 Is Ephraim maltreated, his rights violated? No, he has willingly gone after filth!	11 Ephraim has been enduring malicious slander and broken judgment, because he began to go after filth.
12 I am like a moth for Ephraim, like maggots for the house of Judah.	12 And I will be like a moth to Ephraim, and like decay to the house of Judah.
13 When Ephraim saw his infirmity, and Judah his sore, Ephraim went to Assyria, and Judah sent to the great king. But he cannot heal you nor take away your sore.	13 And Ephraim saw his own weakness, and Judah his chains. And Ephraim went to Assur, and he sent to the Avenging king. But he will not be able to heal you, nor is he able to release you from your chains.
14 For I am like a lion to Ephraim, like a young lion to the house of Judah; It is I who rend the prey and depart, I carry it away and no one can save it from me.	14 For I will be like a lioness to Ephraim, and like a lion’s offspring to the house of Judah. I myself will seize and go forth. I will take away, and there is no one who can rescue.
15 I will go back to my place until they pay for their guilt and seek my presence.	15 I will go and return to my place, until you shall grow faint and seek my face.