God's judgments against Israel for their manifold sins.

¹⁾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.

²⁾And the revolters are profound 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, thou committest whoredom, and Israel is defiled.

⁴⁾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.

⁵⁾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.

⁶⁾They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek the Lord; but they shall not find him; he hath withdrawn himself from them.

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 cornet in Gibeah, and the trumpet in Ramah; cry aloud at Beth-aven, after thee, 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 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 offense, and seek my face; in their affliction they will seek me early.