Hosea 5

Christian Standard Bible

5 Hear this, priests!^(A)
Pay attention, house of Israel!
Listen, royal house!
For the judgment applies to you
because you have been a snare at Mizpah^(B)
and a net spread out on Tabor.
² Rebels^(C) are deeply involved in slaughter;^(D)
I will be a punishment for all of them.^[a]
3 I know Ephraim,^(E)
and Israel is not hidden from me.
For now, Ephraim,^(F)
you have acted promiscuously;
Israel is defiled.
⁴ Their actions do not allow them
to return to their God,^(G)
for a spirit of promiscuity is among them,^(H)
and they do not know the Lord.^(I)
5 Israel’s arrogance testifies against them.^[b](J)
Both Israel and Ephraim stumble
because of their iniquity;^(K)
even Judah will stumble with them.^(L)
6 They go with their flocks and herds
to seek the Lord^(M)
but do not find him;^(N)
he has withdrawn from them.^(O)
7 They betrayed the Lord;^(P)
indeed, they gave birth to illegitimate children.^(Q)
Now the New Moon^(R) will devour them
along with their fields.^(S)

⁸ Blow the ram’s horn in Gibeah,^(T)
the trumpet in Ramah;^(U)
raise the war cry in Beth-aven:^(V)
Look behind you,^[c] Benjamin!^(W)
9 Ephraim will become a desolation^(X)
on the day of punishment;^(Y)
I announce what is certain
among the tribes of Israel.^(Z)
10 The princes of Judah are like those
who move boundary markers;^(AA)
I will pour out my fury^(AB) on them like water.^(AC)
11 Ephraim is oppressed, crushed in judgment,^(AD)
for he is determined to follow what is worthless.^[d]
12 So I am like rot to Ephraim^(AE)
and like decay to the house of Judah.
¹³ When Ephraim saw his sickness
and Judah his wound,
Ephraim went to Assyria^(AF)
and sent a delegation to the great king.^[e](AG)
But he cannot cure you or heal your wound.^(AH)
14 For I am like a lion to Ephraim^(AI)
and like a young lion to the house of Judah.
Yes, I will tear them to pieces and depart.^(AJ)
I will carry them off,
and no one can rescue them.^(AK)
15 I will depart and return to my place
until they recognize their guilt and seek my face;^(AL)
they will search for me in their distress.^(AM)