Hear this, O priests; and hearken, O house of Yisra᾽el; and give ear, O house of the king; for yours is the judgment, because you have been a snare on Miżpa, and a net spread upon Tavor.

And the apostates are deep dyed in slaughter, and I am rejected by them all.

I know Efrayim and Yisra᾽el is not hid from me: for now, O Efrayim, thou committest harlotry, and Yisra᾽el is defiled.

Their doings will not allow them to return to their God: for the spirit of harlotry is in the midst of them, and they have not known the Lord.

And the pride of Yisra᾽el does testify to his face: therefore shall Yisra᾽el and Efrayim stumble in their iniquity; Yehuda also shall stumble with them.

They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek the Lord; but they shall not find him; he has withdrawn himself from them.

They have dealt treacherously against the Lord: for they have begotten strange children: now shall a month devour them with their portions.

Blow the shofar in Giv῾a, and the trumpet in Rama: cry loud at Bet-aven, They are after thee, O Binyamin.

Efrayim shall be desolate in the day of rebuke: among the tribes of Yisra᾽el I have made known that which shall surely be.

The princes of Yehuda are like them that remove the landmark: therefore I will pour out my wrath upon them like water.

Efrayim is oppressed and crushed in judgment, because he willingly walked after vanity.

Therefore will I be to Efrayim as a moth, and to the house of Yehuda as rottenness.

When Efrayim saw his sickness, and Yehuda saw his wound, then Efrayim went to Ashshur, and sent to king Yarev: but he is not able to heal you, nor cure you of your wound.

For I will be to Efrayim as a lion, and as a young lion to the house of Yehuda: I, even I, will tear and go away; I will take away, and there shall be none to deliver.

I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me, saying,