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| [1]`Hear this, O priests, and attend, O house of Israel, And, O house of the king, give ear, For the judgment [is] for you, For, a snare ye have been on Mizpah, And a net spread out on Tabor. |
[1]O ye priests, hear this, and hearken ye, O house of Israel, and give ye ear, O house of the king: for judgment is toward you, because you have been a snare on Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor. |
| [2]And to slaughter sinners have gone deep, And I [am] a fetter to them all. |
[2]Yet they were profound, to decline to slaughter, though I have been a rebuker of them all. |
| [3]I have known Ephraim, And Israel hath not been hid from me, For now thou hast gone a-whoring, Ephraim, Defiled is Israel. |
[3]I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me: for now, O Ephraim thou art become an harlot, and Israel is defiled. |
| [4]They give not up their habitual doings, To turn back unto their God, For a spirit of whoredoms [is] in their midst, And Jehovah they have not known. |
[4]They will not give their minds to turn unto their God: for the spirit of fornication is in the midst of them, and they have not known the Lord. |
| [5]And humbled hath been the excellency of Israel to his face, And Israel and Ephraim stumble by their iniquity, Stumbled also hath Judah with them. |
[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| [6]With their flock and with their herd, They go to seek Jehovah, and do not find, He hath withdrawn from them. |
[6]They shall go with their sheep, and with their bullocks to seek the Lord: but they shall not find him: for he hath withdrawn himself from them. |
| [7]Against Jehovah they dealt treacherously, For strange sons they have begotten, Now consume them doth a month [with] their portions. |
[7]They have transgressed against the Lord: for they have begotten strange children: now shall a month devour them with their portions. |
| [8]Blow ye a cornet in Gibeah, a trumpet in Ramah, Shout, O Beth-Aven, after thee, O Benjamin. |
[8]Blow ye the trumpet in Gibeah, and the shame in Ramah: cry out at Bethaven, after thee, O Benjamin. |
| [9]Ephraim is for a desolation in a day of reproof, Among the tribes of Israel I have made known a sure thing. |
[9]Ephraim shall be desolate in the day of rebuke: among the tribes of Israel have I caused to know the truth. |
| [10]Princes of Judah have been as those removing a border, On them I do pour out as water My wrath. |
[10]The princes of Judah were like them that remove the bonds: therefore will I pour out my wrath upon them like water. |
| [11]Oppressed is Ephraim, broken in judgment, When he pleased he went after the command. |
[11]Ephraim is oppressed, and broken in judgment, because he willingly walked after the commandment. |
| [12]And I [am] as a moth to Ephraim, And as a rotten thing to the house of Judah. |
[12]Therefore will I be unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as a rottenness. |
| [13]And see doth Ephraim his sickness, and Judah his wound, And Ephraim goeth unto Asshur, And sendeth unto a warlike king, And he is not able to give healing to you, Nor doth he remove from you a scar. |
[13]When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah his wound, then went Ephraim unto Assyria, and sent unto king Jareb: yet could he not heal you, nor cure you of your wound. |
| [14]For I [am] as a lion to Ephraim, And as a young lion to the house of Judah, I -- I tear and go, I bear away, and there is no deliverer. |
[14]For I will be unto Ephraim as a lion, and as a lion's whelp to the house of Judah: I, even I will spoil, and go away: I will take away, and none shall rescue it. |
| [15]I go -- I turn back unto My place, Till that they are desolate, and have sought My face. In their distress they do seek Me speedily!' |
[15]I will go, and return to my place, till they acknowledge their fault, and seek me: in their affliction they will seek me diligently. |