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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 Failure of Israel’s Leaders
“Hear this, you priests.
Pay attention, you leaders of Israel.
Listen, you members of the royal family.
Judgment has been handed down against you.
For you have led the people into a snare
by worshiping the idols at Mizpah and Tabor.
“Hear this, you priests.
Pay attention, you leaders of Israel.
Listen, you members of the royal family.
Judgment has been handed down against you.
For you have led the people into a snare
by worshiping the idols at Mizpah and Tabor.
The rebels are knee-deep in slaughter.
I will discipline all of them.
I will discipline all of them.
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 what you are like, O Ephraim.
You cannot hide yourself from me, O Israel.
You have left me as a prostitute leaves her husband;
you are utterly defiled.
You cannot hide yourself from me, O Israel.
You have left me as a prostitute leaves her husband;
you are utterly 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.
Your deeds won’t let you return to your God.
You are a prostitute through and through,
and you do not know the LORD.
You are a prostitute through and through,
and you do not know 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 arrogance of Israel testifies against her;
Israel and Ephraim will stumble under their load of guilt.
Judah, too, will fall with them.
Israel and Ephraim will stumble under their load of guilt.
Judah, too, will fall 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he has withdrawn himself from them.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.
When they come with their flocks and herds
to offer sacrifices to the LORD,
they will not find him,
because he has withdrawn from them.
to offer sacrifices to the LORD,
they will not find him,
because he has withdrawn from them.
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.
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.
I am like a moth to Ephraim,
like rot to the people of Judah.
like rot to the people of Judah.
I will destroy Israel as a moth consumes wool.
I will make Judah as weak as rotten wood.
I will make Judah as weak as rotten wood.
“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 Israel and Judah saw how sick they were,
Israel turned to Assyria —
to the great king there —
but he could neither help nor cure them.
Israel turned to Assyria —
to the great king there —
but he could neither help nor cure them.
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.
I will be like a lion to Israel,
like a strong young lion to Judah.
I will tear them to pieces!
I will carry them off,
and no one will be left to rescue them.
like a strong young lion to Judah.
I will tear them to pieces!
I will carry them off,
and no one will be left to rescue them.