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Impending Judgment on Israel and Judah

Hear this, O priests!
    Give heed, O house of Israel!
Listen, O house of the king!
    For the judgment pertains to you,
for you have been a snare at Mizpah
    and a net spread upon Tabor(A)
and a pit dug deep in Shittim,[a]
    but I will punish all of them.

I know Ephraim,
    and Israel is not hidden from me,
for now, O Ephraim, you have prostituted yourself;
    Israel is defiled.(B)
Their deeds do not permit them
    to return to their God.
For the spirit of prostitution is within them,
    and they do not know the Lord.(C)

Israel’s pride testifies against him;
    Ephraim[b] stumbles in his guilt;
    Judah also stumbles with them.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. 5.2 Cn: Meaning of Heb uncertain
  2. 5.5 Heb Israel and Ephraim

Impending Judgment on Israel and Judah

Hear this, O priests!
Give heed, O house of Israel!
Hearken, O house of the king!
    For the judgment pertains to you;
for you have been a snare at Mizpah,
    and a net spread upon Tabor.
And they have made deep the pit of Shittim;[a]
    but I will chastise all of them.

I know E′phraim,
    and Israel is not hid from me;
for now, O E′phraim, you have played the harlot,
    Israel is defiled.
Their deeds do not permit them
    to return to their God.
For the spirit of harlotry is within them,
    and they know not the Lord.

The pride of Israel testifies to his face;
    E′phraim [b] shall stumble in his guilt;
    Judah also shall stumble with them.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 5:2 Cn: Heb uncertain
  2. Hosea 5:5 Heb Israel and Ephraim