Hosea 5:8-15

English Standard Version

^8 (A)Blow the horn in ^(B)Gibeah,
    the trumpet in ^(C)Ramah.
Sound the alarm at ^(D)Beth-aven;
    we follow you,^[a] O Benjamin!
⁹ Ephraim shall become a desolation
    in the day of punishment;
among the tribes of Israel
    I make known what is sure.
¹⁰ The princes of Judah have become
    like ^(E)those who move the landmark;
upon them I will pour out
    my wrath like water.
¹¹ Ephraim is ^(F)oppressed, crushed in judgment,
    because he was determined to go after filth.^[b]
12 But I am ^(G)like a moth to Ephraim,
    and ^(H)like dry rot to the house of Judah.

¹³ When Ephraim saw his sickness,
    and Judah ^(I)his wound,
then Ephraim went ^(J)to Assyria,
    and sent to the great king.^[c]
(K)But he is not able to cure you
    or heal ^(L)your wound.
¹⁴ For I will be ^(M)like a lion to ^(N)Ephraim,
    and like a young lion to the house of ^(O)Judah.
^(P)I, even I, will tear and go away;
    I will carry off, and no one shall rescue.

^15 (Q)I will return again to my place,
    until they acknowledge their guilt and seek my face,
    and ^(R)in their distress earnestly seek me.