Hosea 5

1 Hear you this, O priests; and listen, you house of Israel; and give you ear, O house of the king; for judgment is toward you, because you have been a snare on Mizpah, and a net spread on Tabor.AKJV — Hosea 5:1

2 And the rebels are profound to make slaughter, though I have been a rebuker of them all.AKJV — Hosea 5:2

3 I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me: for now, O Ephraim, you commit prostitution, and Israel is defiled.AKJV — Hosea 5:3

4 They will not frame their doings to turn to their God: for the spirit of prostitutions is in the middle of them, and they have not known the LORD.AKJV — Hosea 5:4

5 And the pride of Israel does testify to his face: therefore shall Israel and Ephraim fall in their iniquity: Judah also shall fall with them.AKJV — Hosea 5:5

6 They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek the LORD; but they shall not find him; he has withdrawn himself from them.AKJV — Hosea 5:6

7 They have dealt treacherously against the LORD: for they have begotten strange children: now shall a month devour them with their portions.AKJV — Hosea 5:7

8 Blow you the cornet in Gibeah, and the trumpet in Ramah: cry aloud at Bethaven, after you, O Benjamin.AKJV — Hosea 5:8

9 Ephraim shall be desolate in the day of rebuke: among the tribes of Israel have I made known that which shall surely be.AKJV — Hosea 5:9

10 The princes of Judah were like them that remove the bound: therefore I will pour out my wrath on them like water.AKJV — Hosea 5:10

11 Ephraim is oppressed and broken in judgment, because he willingly walked after the commandment.AKJV — Hosea 5:11

12 Therefore will I be to Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness.AKJV — Hosea 5:12

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.AKJV — Hosea 5:13

14 For I will be to 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.AKJV — Hosea 5:14

15 I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offense, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early.AKJV — Hosea 5:15