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The People’s Apostasy Rebuked
Hear this, O priests!
Give heed, O house of Israel!
Listen, O house of the king!
For the judgment applies to you,
For you have been a snare at Mizpah
And a net spread out on Tabor.
Hear this, O priests!
Give heed, O house of Israel!
Listen, O house of the king!
For the judgment applies to you,
For you have been a snare at Mizpah
And a net spread out on Tabor.
Judgment Against Israel
“Hear this, you priests!
Pay attention, you Israelites!
Listen, royal house!
This judgment is against you:
You have been a snare at Mizpah,
a net spread out on Tabor.
“Hear this, you priests!
Pay attention, you Israelites!
Listen, royal house!
This judgment is against you:
You have been a snare at Mizpah,
a net spread out on Tabor.
The revolters have gone deep in depravity,
But I will chastise all of them.
But I will chastise all of them.
The rebels are knee-deep in slaughter.
I will discipline all of them.
I will discipline all of them.
I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hidden from Me;
For now, O Ephraim, you have played the harlot,
Israel has defiled itself.
For now, O Ephraim, you have played the harlot,
Israel has defiled itself.
I know all about Ephraim;
Israel is not hidden from me.
Ephraim, you have now turned to prostitution;
Israel is corrupt.
Israel is not hidden from me.
Ephraim, you have now turned to prostitution;
Israel is corrupt.
Their deeds will not allow them
To return to their God.
For a spirit of harlotry is within them,
And they do not know the LORD.
To return to their God.
For a spirit of harlotry is within them,
And they do not know the LORD.
“Their deeds do not permit them
to return to their God.
A spirit of prostitution is in their heart;
they do not acknowledge the Lord.
to return to their God.
A spirit of prostitution is in their heart;
they do not acknowledge the Lord.
Moreover, the pride of Israel testifies against him,
And Israel and Ephraim stumble in their iniquity;
Judah also has stumbled with them.
And Israel and Ephraim stumble in their iniquity;
Judah also has stumbled with them.
Israel’s arrogance testifies against them;
the Israelites, even Ephraim, stumble in their sin;
Judah also stumbles with them.
the Israelites, even Ephraim, stumble in their sin;
Judah also stumbles with them.
They will go with their flocks and herds
To seek the LORD, but they will not find Him;
He has withdrawn from them.
To seek the LORD, but they will not find Him;
He has withdrawn from them.
When they go with their flocks and herds
to seek the Lord,
they will not find him;
he has withdrawn himself from them.
to seek the Lord,
they will not find him;
he has withdrawn himself from them.
They have dealt treacherously against the LORD,
For they have borne illegitimate children.
Now the new moon will devour them with their land.
For they have borne illegitimate children.
Now the new moon will devour them with their land.
Blow the horn in Gibeah,
The trumpet in Ramah.
Sound an alarm at Beth-aven:
“Behind you, Benjamin!”
The trumpet in Ramah.
Sound an alarm at Beth-aven:
“Behind you, Benjamin!”
Ephraim will become a desolation in the day of rebuke;
Among the tribes of Israel I declare what is sure.
Among the tribes of Israel I declare what is sure.
Ephraim will be laid waste
on the day of reckoning.
Among the tribes of Israel
I proclaim what is certain.
on the day of reckoning.
Among the tribes of Israel
I proclaim what is certain.
The princes of Judah have become like those who move a boundary;
On them I will pour out My wrath like water.
On them I will pour out My wrath like water.
Judah’s leaders are like those
who move boundary stones.
I will pour out my wrath on them
like a flood of water.
who move boundary stones.
I will pour out my wrath on them
like a flood of water.
Ephraim is oppressed, crushed in judgment,
Because he was determined to follow man’s command.
Because he was determined to follow man’s command.
Therefore I am like a moth to Ephraim
And like rottenness to the house of Judah.
And like rottenness to the house of Judah.
I am like a moth to Ephraim,
like rot to the people of Judah.
like rot to the people of Judah.
When Ephraim saw his sickness,
And Judah his wound,
Then Ephraim went to Assyria
And sent to King Jareb.
But he is unable to heal you,
Or to cure you of your wound.
And Judah his wound,
Then Ephraim went to Assyria
And sent to King Jareb.
But he is unable to heal you,
Or to cure you of your wound.
“When Ephraim saw his sickness,
and Judah his sores,
then Ephraim turned to Assyria,
and sent to the great king for help.
But he is not able to cure you,
not able to heal your sores.
and Judah his sores,
then Ephraim turned to Assyria,
and sent to the great king for help.
But he is not able to cure you,
not able to heal your sores.
For I will be like a lion to Ephraim
And like a young lion to the house of Judah.
I, even I, will tear to pieces and go away,
I will carry away, and there will be none to deliver.
And like a young lion to the house of Judah.
I, even I, will tear to pieces and go away,
I will carry away, and there will be none to deliver.
For I will be like a lion to Ephraim,
like a great lion to Judah.
I will tear them to pieces and go away;
I will carry them off, with no one to rescue them.
like a great lion to Judah.
I will tear them to pieces and go away;
I will carry them off, with no one to rescue them.