Hosea 5



1.  Hear * ye this, O priests; and hearken * , ye house of Israel; and give ye ear * , O house of the king; for judgment is toward you, because ye have been a snare on Mizpah, and a net spread * upon Tabor.

2.  And the revolters are profound * to make slaughter * , though I have been a rebuker of them all.

3.  I know * Ephraim, and Israel is not hid * from me: for now, O Ephraim, thou committest whoredom * , and Israel is defiled * .

4.  They will not frame * their doings to turn * unto their God: for the spirit of whoredoms is in the midst of them, and they have not known * the LORD.

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.  They shall go * with their flocks and with their herds to seek * the LORD;but they shall not find * him; he hath withdrawn * himself from them.

7.  They have dealt treacherously * against the LORD: for they have begotten * strange * children: now shall a month devour * them with their portions.

8.  Blow * ye the cornet in Gibeah,and the trumpet in Ramah: cry aloud * at Bethaven, after thee, O Benjamin.

9.  Ephraim shall be desolate in the day of rebuke: among the tribes of Israel have I made known * that which shall surely be * .

10.  The princes of Judah were like them that remove * the bound: therefore I will pour out * my wrath upon them like water.

11.  Ephraim is oppressed * and broken * in judgment, because he willingly * walked * after the commandment.

12.  Therefore will I be unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness.

13.  When Ephraim saw * his sickness,and Judah saw his wound, then went * Ephraim to the Assyrian, and sent * to king Jareb * : yet could * he not heal * you, nor cure * you of your wound.

14.  For I will be unto Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to the house of Judah: I, even I, will tear * and go away * ; I will take away * , and none shall rescue * him.

15.  I will go * and return * to my place, till they acknowledge their offence * , and seek * my face: in their affliction they will seek me early * .