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“Blow the horn in Gibeah.
    Blow the trumpet in Ramah.
Give the warning at Beth Aven.
    Be first into battle, people of Benjamin.
A time of punishment is coming.
    Israel will be destroyed.
I warn the tribes of Israel
    that this will surely happen.

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“Sound the trumpet(A) in Gibeah,(B)
    the horn in Ramah.(C)
Raise the battle cry in Beth Aven[a];(D)
    lead on, Benjamin.
Ephraim will be laid waste(E)
    on the day of reckoning.(F)
Among the tribes of Israel
    I proclaim what is certain.(G)

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 5:8 Beth Aven means house of wickedness (a derogatory name for Bethel, which means house of God).