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¹ Hear this, priests!^(a)
Pay attention, house of Israel!
Listen, royal house!
For the judgment applies to you
because you have been a snare at Mizpah^(b)
and a net spread out on Tabor.
² Rebels^(c) are deeply involved in slaughter;^(d)
I will be a punishment for all of them.^[a]
3 I know Ephraim,^(e)
and Israel is not hidden from Me.
For now, Ephraim,^(f)
you have acted promiscuously;
Israel is defiled.
⁴ Their actions do not allow them
to return to their God,^(g)
for a spirit of promiscuity is among them,^(h)
and they do not know the Lord.^(i)
5 Israel's arrogance testifies against them.^[b](j)
Both Israel and Ephraim stumble
because of their wickedness;^(k)
even Judah will stumble with them.^(l)
6 They go with their flocks and herds
to seek the Lord^(m)
but do not find Him;⁽ⁿ⁾
He has withdrawn from them.^(o)
7 They betrayed the Lord;^(p)
indeed, they gave birth to illegitimate children.^(q)
Now the New Moon^(r) will devour them
along with their fields.^(s)

⁸ Blow the horn in Gibeah,^(t)
the trumpet in Ramah;^(u)
raise the war cry in Beth-aven:^(v)
After you, Benjamin!^(w)
9 Ephraim will become a desolation^(x)
on the day of punishment;^(y)
I announce what is certain
among the tribes of Israel.^(z)
10 The princes of Judah are like those
who move boundary markers;^(aa)
I will pour out My fury^(ab) on them like water.^(ac)
11 Ephraim is oppressed, crushed in judgment,^(ad)
for he is determined to follow what is worthless.^[c]
12 So I am like rot to Ephraim^(ae)
and like decay to the house of Judah.
¹³ When Ephraim saw his sickness
and Judah his wound,
Ephraim went to Assyria^(af)
and sent a delegation to the great king.^[d](ag)
But he cannot cure you or heal your wound.^(ah)
14 For I am like a lion to Ephraim^(ai)
and like a young lion to the house of Judah.
Yes, I will tear them to pieces and depart.^(aj)
I will carry them off,
and no one can rescue them.^(ak)
15 I will depart and return to My place
until they recognize their guilt and seek My face;^(al)
they will search for Me in their distress.^(am)