1Hear[H8085] ye this, O priests[H3548]; and hearken[H7181], ye house[H1004] of Israel[H3478]; and give ye ear[H238], O house[H1004] of the king[H4428]; for judgment[H4941] is toward you, because ye have been a snare[H6341] on Mizpah[H4709], and a net[H7568]spread[H6566] upon Tabor[H8396].
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And the revolters[H7846] are profound[H6009] to make slaughter[H7819], though I have been a rebuker[H4148] of them all.
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I know[H3045]Ephraim[H669], and Israel[H3478] is not hid[H3582] from me: for now, O Ephraim[H669], thou committest whoredom[H2181], and Israel[H3478] is defiled[H2930].
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They will not frame[H5414] their doings[H4611] to turn[H7725] unto their God[H430]: for the spirit[H7307] of whoredoms[H2183] is in the midst[H7130] of them, and they have not known[H3045] the LORD[H3068].
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And the pride[H1347] of Israel[H3478] doth testify[H6030] to his face[H6440]: therefore shall Israel[H3478] and Ephraim[H669]fall[H3782] in their iniquity[H5771]; Judah[H3063] also shall fall[H3782] with them.
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They shall go[H3212] with their flocks[H6629] and with their herds[H1241] to seek[H1245] the LORD[H3068]; but they shall not find[H4672] him; he hath withdrawn[H2502] himself from them.
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They have dealt treacherously[H898] against the LORD[H3068]: for they have begotten[H3205]strange[H2114]children[H1121]: now shall a month[H2320]devour[H398] them with their portions[H2506].
8Blow[H8628] ye the cornet[H7782] in Gibeah[H1390], and the trumpet[H2689] in Ramah[H7414]: cry aloud[H7321] at Bethaven[H1007], after[H310] thee, O Benjamin[H1144].
9Ephraim[H669] shall be[H539]desolate[H8047] in the day[H3117] of rebuke[H8433]: among the tribes[H7626] of Israel[H3478] have I made known[H3045] that which shall surely be[H539].
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The princes[H8269] of Judah[H3063] were like them that remove[H5253] the bound[H1366]: therefore I will pour out[H8210] my wrath[H5678] upon them like water[H4325].
11Ephraim[H669] is oppressed[H6231] and broken[H7533] in judgment[H4941], because he willingly[H2974]walked[H1980]after[H310] the commandment[H6673].
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Therefore will I be unto Ephraim[H669] as a moth[H6211], and to the house[H1004] of Judah[H3063] as rottenness[H7538].
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When Ephraim[H669]saw[H7200] his sickness[H2483], and Judah[H3063]saw[H7200] his wound[H4205], then went[H3212]Ephraim[H669] to the Assyrian[H804], and sent[H7971] to king[H4428]Jareb[H3377]: yet could[H3201] he not heal[H7495] you, nor cure[H1455] you of your wound[H4205].
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For I will be unto Ephraim[H669] as a lion[H7826], and as a young lion[H3715] to the house[H1004] of Judah[H3063]: I, even I, will tear[H2963] and go away[H3212]; I will take away[H5375], and none shall rescue[H5337] him.
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I will go[H3212] and return[H7725] to my place[H4725], till they acknowledge their offence[H816], and seek[H1245] my face[H6440]: in their affliction[H6862] they will seek[H1245] me early[H7836].