| NET Bible | International Standard Version |
| 1Hear this, you priests! Pay attention, you Israelites! Listen closely, O king! For judgment is about to overtake you! For you were like a trap to Mizpah, like a net spread out to catch Tabor. | 1"Hear this, priests, pay attention, house of Israel, listen, royal family! For judgment is coming your way, because you have been a trap to Mizpah, a snare spread out on Mount Tabor. |
| 2Those who revolt are knee-deep in slaughter, but I will discipline them all. | 2The rebels are deep into their slaughter; I am punishing them all. |
| 3I know Ephraim all too well; the evil of Israel is not hidden from me. For you have engaged in prostitution, O Ephraim; Israel has defiled itself. | 3I know Ephraim, and Israel cannot hide from me, since you, Ephraim, have been acting like a prostitute, defiling Israel. |
| 4Their wicked deeds do not allow them to return to their God; because a spirit of idolatry controls their heart, and they do not acknowledge the LORD. | 4"Their actions hinder them from turning to their God, because a spirit of fornication is in their midst, and the LORD they do not know. |
| 5The arrogance of Israel testifies against it; Israel and Ephraim will be overthrown because of their iniquity. Even Judah will be brought down with them. | 5The arrogance of Israel testifies against him; therefore Israel and Ephraim will stumble in their iniquity, and Judah with them. |
| 6Although they bring their flocks and herds to seek the favor of the LORD, They will not find him--he has withdrawn himself from them! | 6They will go with their flocks and herds to seek the LORD, but they will not find him; he has withdrawn from them.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 committed treason against the LORD, because they bore illegitimate children. Soon the new moon festival will devour them and their fields. | 7They have been unfaithful to the LORD, having raised unbelieving children. In the coming month they will be devoured, along with their fields. |
| 8Blow the ram's horn in Gibeah! Sound the trumpet in Ramah! Sound the alarm in Beth Aven! Tremble in fear, O Benjamin! | 8"Sound the trumpet in Gibeah, and the alarm in Ramah. Cry out at Beth-aven Go out, Benjamin! |
| 9Ephraim will be ruined in the day of judgment! What I am declaring to the tribes of Israel will certainly take place! | 9Ephraim will be desolate when it is rebuked. I have made known among the tribes of Israel what will surely come about. |
| 10The princes of Judah are like those who move boundary markers. I will pour out my rage on them like a torrential flood! | 10The princes of Judah have become like those who move boundary markers: I will pour out my anger on them like water. |
| 11Ephraim will be oppressed, crushed under judgment, because he was determined to pursue worthless idols. | 11Ephraim is crushed, broken by judgment, because he willingly pursued idols. |
| 12I will be like a moth to Ephraim, like wood rot to the house of Judah. | 12Therefore I will consume Ephraim like a moth, and the house of Judah as rottenness consumes. |
| 13When Ephraim saw his sickness and Judah saw his wound, then Ephraim turned to Assyria, and begged its great king for help. But he will not be able to heal you! He cannot cure your wound! | 13When Ephraim examined his illness and Judah his injury, then Ephraim went to Assyria, and inquired of the great king; but he could not cure you nor heal your injury. |
| 14I will be like a lion to Ephraim, like a young lion to the house of Judah. I myself will tear them to pieces, then I will carry them off, and no one will be able to rescue them! | 14Therefore I will be like a lion to Ephraim, and like a young lion to the house of Judah. I—even I—will tear them to pieces, and then I will leave. I will take them away, and there will be no rescue. |
| 15Then I will return again to my lair until they have suffered their punishment. Then they will seek me; in their distress they will earnestly seek me. | 15"I will leave and go back to my place until they admit their offense and seek my face. When affliction comes to them, they will eagerly seek me." |
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