| Chapter 5 |
| 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. |
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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to seek the LORD; but they shall not find him; he hath withdrawn himself from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 Bethaven, 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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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 offence, and seek my face: in their
affliction they will seek me early. |
