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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 rebels are knee-deep in slaughter.
I will discipline all of them.
I will discipline all of them.
The revolters are deeply involved in slaughter,
Though I rebuke them all.
Though I rebuke them all.
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.
I know Ephraim,
And Israel is not hidden from Me;
For now, O Ephraim, you commit harlotry;
Israel is defiled.
And Israel is not hidden from Me;
For now, O Ephraim, you commit harlotry;
Israel is defiled.
“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.
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.
The pride of Israel testifies to his face;
Therefore Israel and Ephraim stumble in their iniquity;
Judah also stumbles with them.
Therefore Israel and Ephraim stumble in their iniquity;
Judah also stumbles with 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he has withdrawn himself from them.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he has withdrawn himself from them.
“With their flocks and herds
They shall go to seek the Lord,
But they will not find Him;
He has withdrawn Himself from them.
They shall go to seek the Lord,
But they will not find Him;
He has withdrawn Himself from them.
“Blow the ram’s horn in Gibeah,
The trumpet in Ramah!
Cry aloud at Beth Aven,
‘Look behind you, O Benjamin!’
The trumpet in Ramah!
Cry aloud at Beth Aven,
‘Look behind you, O Benjamin!’
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.
Ephraim shall be desolate in the day of rebuke;
Among the tribes of Israel I make known what is sure.
Among the tribes of Israel I make known what is sure.
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.
“The princes of Judah are like those who remove a landmark;
I will pour out My wrath on them like water.
I will pour out My wrath on them like water.
Ephraim is oppressed and broken in judgment,
Because he willingly walked by human precept.
Because he willingly walked by human precept.
I am like a moth to Ephraim,
like rot to the people of Judah.
like rot to the people of Judah.
Therefore I will be to Ephraim like a moth,
And to the house of Judah like rottenness.
And to the house of Judah like rottenness.
“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.
“When Ephraim saw his sickness,
And Judah saw his wound,
Then Ephraim went to Assyria
And sent to King Jareb;
Yet he cannot cure you,
Nor heal you of your wound.
And Judah saw his wound,
Then Ephraim went to Assyria
And sent to King Jareb;
Yet he cannot cure you,
Nor heal you of your wound.
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.
For I will be like a lion to Ephraim,
And like a young lion to the house of Judah.
I, even I, will tear them and go away;
I will take them away, and no one shall rescue.
And like a young lion to the house of Judah.
I, even I, will tear them and go away;
I will take them away, and no one shall rescue.