Dual Panel1Hear <08085> this <02063>, you priests <03548>! Pay attention <07181>, you Israelites <03478> <01004>! Listen closely <0238>, O king <04428>! For <03588> judgment <04941> is about to overtake you! For <03588> you were <01961> like a trap <06341> to Mizpah <04709>, like a net <07568> spread out <06566> to <05921> catch Tabor <08396>.
2Those who revolt <07846> are knee-deep <06009> in slaughter <07819>, but I <0589> will discipline <04148> them all <03605>.
3I <0589> know <03045> Ephraim <0669> all too well; the evil of Israel <03478> is not <03808> hidden <03582> from <04480> me. For <03588> you have engaged in prostitution <02181>, O Ephraim <0669>; Israel <03478> has defiled <02930> itself.
4Their wicked deeds <04611> do not <03808> allow <05414> them to return <07725> to <0413> their God <0430>; because <03588> a spirit <07307> of idolatry <02183> controls their heart <07130>, and they do not <03808> acknowledge <03045> the Lord <03068>.
5The arrogance <01347> of Israel <03478> testifies <06030> against <06440> it; Israel <03478> and Ephraim <0669> will be overthrown <03782> because of their iniquity <05771>. Even <01571> Judah <03063> will be brought down <03782> with <05973> them.
6Although they bring <01980> their flocks <06629> and herds <01241> to seek <01245> the favor of the Lord <03068>, They will not <03808> find <04672> him– he has withdrawn <02502> himself from them <01992>!
7They have committed treason <0898> against the Lord <03068>, because <03588> they bore <03205> illegitimate <02114> children <01121>. Soon <06258> the new moon <02320> festival will devour <0398> them and their fields <02506>.
8Blow <08628> the ram’s horn <07782> in Gibeah <01390>! Sound the trumpet <02689> in Ramah <07414>! Sound the alarm <07321> in Beth Aven <01007>! Tremble in fear, O Benjamin <01144>!
9Ephraim <0669> will be <01961> ruined <08047> in the day <03117> of judgment <08433>! What I am declaring <03045> to the tribes <07626> of Israel <03478> will certainly take place <0539>!
10The princes <08269> of Judah <03063> are like those who move <05253> boundary markers <01366>. I will pour out <08210> my rage <05678> on them like a torrential flood <04325>!
11Ephraim <0669> will be oppressed <06217>, crushed <07533> under judgment <04941>, because <03588> he was determined <02974> to pursue <0310> <01980> worthless idols <06673>.
12I <0589> will be like a moth <06211> to Ephraim <0669>, like wood rot <07538> to the house <01004> of Judah <03063>.
13When Ephraim <0669> saw <07200> his sickness <02483> and Judah <03063> saw his wound <04205>, then Ephraim <0669> turned <01980> to <0413> Assyria <0804>, and begged <07971> its great king <04428> for help. But he <01931> will not <03808> be able <03201> to heal <07495> you! He cannot <03808> cure <01455> your wound <04205>!
14I <0595> will be like a lion <07826> to Ephraim <0669>, like a young lion <03715> to the house <01004> of Judah <03063>. I <0589> myself <0589> will tear <02963> them to pieces <02963>, then I will carry <05375> them off, and no one <0369> will be able to rescue <05337> them!
15Then I will return <07725> again to <0413> my lair <04725> until <05704> they have suffered <0816> their punishment <0816>. Then they will seek <01245> me <06440>; in their distress <06862> they <01992> will earnestly seek <07836> me.