1Hear this, you priests!

Pay attention, house of Israel!

Listen, you of the house of the king!

For the judgment applies to you,

Because you have been a trap at Mizpah,

And a net spread out on Tabor.

2And the rebels have gone deep in [a]depravity,

But I will discipline all of them.

3I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hidden from Me;

Because now, Ephraim, you have been unfaithful,

Israel has defiled itself.

4Their deeds will not allow them

To return to their God.

For a spirit of [b]infidelity is within them,

And they do not know the LORD.

5Moreover, the pride of Israel testifies against him,

And Israel and Ephraim stumble in their wrongdoing;

Judah also has stumbled with them.

6They will go with their flocks and herds

To seek the LORD, but they will not find Him;

He has withdrawn from them.

7They have dealt treacherously with the LORD,

For they have given birth to [c]illegitimate children.

Now the new moon will devour them with their [d]land.

8Blow the horn in Gibeah,

And the trumpet in Ramah.

Sound an alarm at Beth-aven:

“Behind you, Benjamin!”

9Ephraim will become a desolation in the day of rebuke;

Among the tribes of Israel I make known what is trustworthy.

10The leaders of Judah have become like those who displace a boundary marker;

On them I will pour out My anger like water.

11Ephraim is oppressed, broken by judgment,

Because he was determined to follow [e]man’s command.

12Therefore I am like a moth to Ephraim,

And like rottenness to the house of Judah.

13When Ephraim saw his sickness,

And Judah his [f]sore,

Ephraim then went to Assyria

And sent word to [g]King Jareb.

But he is unable to heal you,

Or to cure you of your [h]sore.

14For I will be like a lion to Ephraim

And like a young lion to the house of Judah.

I, yes I, will tear to pieces and go away,

I will carry away, and there will be no one to rescue.

15I will go away and return to My place

Until they [i]acknowledge their guilt and seek My face;

In their distress they will search for Me.