Hosea 5

1 “Hear this, priests, pay attention, house of Israel, listen, royal family! For judgment is coming your way, ^{a5:1 Lit. is toward you} because you have been a trap to Mizpah, a snare spread out on Mount ^{b5:1 The Heb. lacks Mount} Tabor.ISV — Hosea 5:1

2 The rebels are deep into their slaughter; I am punishing them all.ISV — Hosea 5:2

3 I know Ephraim, and Israel cannot hide from me, since you, Ephraim, have been acting like a prostitute, defiling Israel.ISV — Hosea 5:3

4 “Their actions hinder them from turning to their God, because a spirit of fornication is in their midst, and the LORD they do not know.ISV — Hosea 5:4

5 The arrogance of Israel testifies against him; therefore Israel and Ephraim will stumble in their iniquity, and Judah with them.ISV — Hosea 5:5

6 They will go with their flocks and herds to seek the LORD, but they will not find him; he has withdrawn from them.ISV — Hosea 5:6

7 They have been unfaithful to the LORD, having raised unbelieving children. In the coming month they will be devoured, along with their fields. ^{c5:7 Or inheritance}ISV — Hosea 5:7

8 “Sound the trumpet in Gibeah, and the alarm in Ramah. Cry out at Beth-aven Go out, ^{d5:8 So LXX.; MT After you} Benjamin!ISV — Hosea 5:8

9 Ephraim will be desolate when it is rebuked. I have made known among the tribes of Israel what will surely come about.ISV — Hosea 5:9

10 The princes of Judah have become like those who move boundary markers: I will pour out my anger on them like water.ISV — Hosea 5:10

11 Ephraim is crushed, broken by judgment, because he ^{e5:11 i.e. Ephraim as an individual personifying the northern kingdom of Israel.} willingly pursued idols. ^{f5:11 So LXX. MT willingly went away from the command}ISV — Hosea 5:11

12 Therefore I will consume ^{g5:12 The Heb. lacks will consume} Ephraim like a moth, and the house of Judah as rottenness consumes.ISV — Hosea 5:12

13 When Ephraim examined his illness and Judah his injury, then Ephraim went to Assyria, and inquired of the great king; but he could not cure you nor heal your injury.ISV — Hosea 5:13

14 Therefore I will be like a lion to Ephraim, and like a young lion to the house of Judah. I—even I—will tear them ^{h5:14 The Heb. lacks them} to pieces, and then I will leave. I will take them ^{i5:14 The Heb. lacks them} away, and there will be no rescue.ISV — Hosea 5:14

15 “I will leave and go back to my place until they admit their offense and seek my face. When affliction comes to them, they will eagerly seek me.”ISV — Hosea 5:15