Hosea 5:8-6:3

New International Version

⁸“Sound the trumpet^(A) in Gibeah,^(B)
    the horn in Ramah.^(C)
Raise the battle cry in Beth Aven^[a];^(D)
    lead on, Benjamin.
⁹Ephraim will be laid waste^(E)
    on the day of reckoning.^(F)
Among the tribes of Israel
    I proclaim what is certain.^(G)
¹⁰Judah’s leaders are like those
    who move boundary stones.^(H)
I will pour out my wrath^(I) on them
    like a flood of water.
¹¹Ephraim is oppressed,
    trampled in judgment,
    intent on pursuing idols.^[b]^(J)
¹²I am like a moth^(K) to Ephraim,
    like rot^(L) to the people of Judah.

¹³“When Ephraim^(M) saw his sickness,
    and Judah his sores,
then Ephraim turned to Assyria,^(N)
    and sent to the great king for help.^(O)
But he is not able to cure^(P) you,
    not able to heal your sores.^(Q)
¹⁴For I will be like a lion^(R) to Ephraim,
    like a great lion to Judah.
I will tear them to pieces^(S) and go away;
    I will carry them off, with no one to rescue them.^(T)
¹⁵Then I will return to my lair^(U)
    until they have borne their guilt^(V)
    and seek my face^(W)—
in their misery^(X)
    they will earnestly seek me.^(Y)”

Israel Unrepentant

6 “Come, let us return^(Z) to the Lord.
He has torn us to pieces^(AA)
    but he will heal us;^(AB)
he has injured us
    but he will bind up our wounds.^(AC)
²After two days he will revive us;^(AD)
    on the third day^(AE) he will restore^(AF) us,
    that we may live in his presence.
³Let us acknowledge the Lord;
    let us press on to acknowledge him.
As surely as the sun rises,
    he will appear;
he will come to us like the winter rains,^(AG)
    like the spring rains that water the earth.^(AH)”

Footnotes

Hosea 5:8 Beth Aven means house of wickedness (a derogatory name for Bethel, which means house of God).
Hosea 5:11 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.