Hosea 5

1Hear ye this, O priests; and hearken, ye house of Israel; and give ye ear, O house of the king; for judgment toward you, because ye have been a snare on Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor. 2And the revolters are profound to make slaughter, though I a rebuker of them all. 3I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me: for now, O Ephraim, you committest whoredom, Israel is defiled. 4They will not frame their doings to turn unto their Elohim: for the spirit of whoredoms in the midst of them, and they have not known the Yahuah. 5And the pride of Israel does testify to his face: therefore shall Israel and Ephraim fall in their iniquity; Judah also shall fall with them. 6They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek the Yahuah; but they shall not find ; he has withdrawn himself from them. 7They have dealt treacherously against the Yahuah: for they have begotten strange children: now shall a month devour them with their portions. 8Blow ye the cornet in Gibeah, the trumpet in Ramah: cry aloud Bethaven, after you, O Benjamin. 9Ephraim shall be desolate in the day of rebuke: among the tribes of Israel have I made known that which shall surely be. 10The princes of Judah were like them that remove the bound: I will pour out my wrath upon them like water. 11Ephraim oppressed broken in judgment, because he willingly walked after the commandment. 12Therefore I unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness. 13When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah 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. 14For I unto Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to the house of Judah: I, I, will tear and go away; I will take away, and none shall rescue . 15I will go return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early.