Hosea

5 1 HEAR ^aye this, ^bO priests; and hearken, ye house of Israel; and give ye ear, ^cO house of the king; for ^djudgment is toward you, because ye have been ^ea snare on Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor.

2 And the revolters are ^fprofound to make slaughter, ¹though I have been ²a rebuker of them all.

3 ^gI know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me: for now, O Ephraim, ^hthou committest whoredom, and Israel is defiled.

4 ³They will not ^4*frame their doings to turn unto their God: for the ⁱspirit of whoredoms is in the midst of them, and they have not known the LORD.

5 And ^jthe pride of Israel doth testify to his face: therefore shall Israel and Ephraim ^kfall in their iniquity; Judah also shall fall with them.

6 They shall go with ^ltheir flocks and with their herds to seek the LORD; but ^mthey shall not find him; he hath withdrawn himself from them.

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

8 ^qBlow ye ^rthe cornet in ^sGibeah, and the trumpet in Ramah: cry aloud at ^tBeth-aven, after thee, O Benjamin.

9 ^uEphraim shall be desolate in the day of rebuke: among the tribes of Israel ^vhave I made known that which shall surely be.

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

11 ^yEphraim is oppressed and broken in judgment, because he willingly walked after ^zthe commandment.

12 Therefore will I be unto Ephraim ^aas a moth, and to the house of Judah as ⁵rottenness.

13 When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah saw ^bhis wound, ^cthen went Ephraim to the Assyrian, and sent ⁶to king Jareb: ^dyet could he not heal you, nor cure you of your wound.

14 For I will be unto Ephraim ^eas 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 ¶^fI will go and return to my place, ⁷till they ^gacknowledge their offence, and seek my face: ^hin their affliction they will seek me early.