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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.
Punishment Coming for Israel and Judah
Hear this, O priests!
Pay attention, O house of Israel!
Give ear, O house of the king!
For the judgment is for you;
for you have been a snare at Mizpah
and a net spread upon Tabor.
Hear this, O priests!
Pay attention, O house of Israel!
Give ear, O house of the king!
For the judgment is for you;
for you have been a snare at Mizpah
and a net spread upon Tabor.
And the revolters have gone deep into slaughter,
but I will discipline all of them.
but I will discipline all of them.
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.
I know Ephraim,
and Israel is not hidden from me;
for now, O Ephraim, you have played the whore;
Israel is defiled.
and Israel is not hidden from me;
for now, O Ephraim, you have played the whore;
Israel is defiled.
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.
Their deeds do not permit them
to return to their God.
For the spirit of whoredom is within them,
and they know not the Lord.
to return to their God.
For the spirit of whoredom is within them,
and they know not the Lord.
“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 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because he has withdrawn from them.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because he has withdrawn from them.
With their flocks and herds they shall go
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.
They have dealt faithlessly with the Lord;
for they have borne alien children.
Now the new moon shall devour them with their fields.
for they have borne alien children.
Now the new moon shall devour them with their fields.
Ephraim shall become a desolation
in the day of punishment;
among the tribes of Israel
I make known what is sure.
in the day of punishment;
among the tribes of Israel
I make known what is sure.
The princes of Judah have become
like those who move the landmark;
upon them I will pour out
my wrath like water.
like those who move the landmark;
upon them I will pour out
my wrath like water.
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.
But I am like a moth to Ephraim,
and like dry rot to the house of Judah.
and like dry rot to the house of Judah.
“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.
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.
For I will be like a lion to Ephraim,
and like a young lion to the house of Judah.
I, even I, will tear and go away;
I will carry off, and no one shall rescue.
and like a young lion to the house of Judah.
I, even I, will tear and go away;
I will carry off, and no one shall rescue.