5:1 Hear these things, ye priests; and
attend, O house of Israel; and hearken, O house of the king; for the
controversy is with you, because ye have been a snare in Scopia, and as a
net spread on Itabyrium,
5:2 which they that hunt the prey have fixed: but I will correct you.
5:3 I know Ephraim, and Israel is not far from me: for now Ephraim has gone
grievously a-whoring, Israel is defiled.
5:4 They have not framed their counsels to return to their God, for the
spirit of fornication is in them, and they have not known the Lord.
5:5 And the pride of Israel shall be brought low before his face; and Israel
and Ephraim shall fall in their iniquities; and Judas also shall fall with
them.
5:6 They shall go with sheep and calves diligently to seek the Lord; but
they shall not find him, for he has withdrawn himself from them.
5:7 For they have forsaken the Lord; for strange children have been born to
them: now shall the cankerworm devour them and their heritages.
5:8 Blow ye the trumpet on the hills, sound aloud on the heights: proclaim
in the house of On, Benjamin is amazed.
5:9 Ephraim has come to nought in the days of reproof: in the tribes of
Israel I have shown faithful [dealings].
5:10 The princes of Juda became as they that removed the bounds: I will pour
out upon them my fury as water.
5:11 Ephraim altogether prevailed against his adversary, he trod judgment
under foot, for he began to go after vanities.
5:12 Therefore I [will be] as consternation to Ephraim, and as a goad to the
house of Juda.
5:13 And Ephraim saw his disease, and Judas his pain; then Ephraim went to
the Assyrians, and sent ambassadors to king Jarim: but he could not heal
you, and your pain shall in nowise cease from you.
5:14 Wherefore I am as a panther to Ephraim, and as a lion to the house of
Juda: and I will tear, and go away; and I will take, and there shall be none
to deliver.
5:15 I will go and return to my place, until they are brought to nought, and
[then] shall they seek my face. |
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.
5:2 And the revolters are profound to make slaughter, though I have been a
rebuker of them all.
5:3 I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me: for now, O Ephraim, thou
committest whoredom, and Israel is defiled.
5:4 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.
5:5 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.
5:6 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.
5:7 They have dealt treacherously against the LORD: for they have begotten
strange children: now shall a month devour them with their portions.
5:8 Blow ye the cornet in Gibeah, and the trumpet in Ramah: cry aloud at
Bethaven, after thee, O Benjamin.
5:9 Ephraim shall be desolate in the day of rebuke: among the tribes of
Israel have I made known that which shall surely be.
5:10 The princes of Judah were like them that remove the bound: therefore I
will pour out my wrath upon them like water.
5:11 Ephraim is oppressed and broken in judgment, because he willingly
walked after the commandment.
5:12 Therefore will I be unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah
as rottenness.
5:13 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.
5:14 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.
5:15 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. |