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.
3.I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me: for now, O Ephraim, thou committest whoredom, and Israel is defiled.
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.
6.They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek the LORD; but they shall not find him; he hath withdrawn himself from them.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.
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.
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.