Hosea 5:1-5

Living Bible

5 “Listen to this, you priests and all of Israel’s leaders; listen, all you men of the royal family: You are doomed! For you have deluded the people with idols at Mizpah and Tabor ² and dug a deep pit to trap them at Acacia. But never forget—I will settle up with all of you for what you’ve done.

³ “I have seen your evil deeds: Israel, you have left me as a prostitute leaves her husband; you are utterly defiled. ⁴ Your deeds won’t let you come to God again, for the spirit of adultery is deep within you, and you cannot know the Lord.

⁵ “The very arrogance of Israel testifies against her in my court. She will stumble under her load of guilt, and Judah, too, shall fall.