5HEAR THIS, O you priests! And listen, O house of Israel! And give ear, O house of the king! For the judgment pronounced pertains to you {and} is meant for you, because you have been a snare at Mizpah and a net spread upon Tabor [military strongholds on either side of the Jordan River].H8085H3548H7181H1004H3478H238H1004H4428H4941H6341H4709H7568H6566H83962The revolters are deeply sunk in corruption {and} slaughter, but I [the Lord God] am a rebuke {and} a chastisement for them all.H7846H6009H7819H41483I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from Me; for now, O Ephraim, you have played the harlot {and} have worshiped idols; Israel is defiled.H3045H669H3478H3582H669H2181H3478H29304Their doings will not permit them to return to their God, for the spirit of harlotry is within them and they know not the Lord [they do not recognize, appreciate, give heed to, or cherish the Lord].H5414H4611H7725H430H7307H2183H7130H3045H30685But the pride {and} self-reliance of Israel testifies before his [own] face. Therefore shall [all] Israel, and [especially] Ephraim [the northern ten tribes], totter {and} fall in their iniquity {and} guilt, and Judah shall stumble {and} fall with them.H1347H3478H6030H6440H3478H669H3782H5771H3063H37826They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek the Lord [inquiring for and requiring Him], but they will not find Him; He has withdrawn Himself from them.H3212H6629H1241H1245H3068H4672H25027They have dealt faithlessly {and} treacherously with the Lord [their espoused Husband], for they have borne alien children. Now shall a [single] New Moon (one month) devour them with their fields.H898H3068H3205H2114H1121H2320H398H25068Blow the horn in Gibeah and the trumpet in Ramah [both lofty hills on Benjamin's northern border]. Sound the alarm at Beth-aven: [the enemy is] behind you {and} after you, O Benjamin [be on your guard]!H8628H7782H1390H2689H7414H7321H1007H310H11449Ephraim shall become a desolation in the day of rebuke {and} punishment. Among the tribes of Israel I declare what shall surely be.H669H8047H3117H8433H7626H3478H3045H53910The princes of Judah are like those who remove the landmark [the barrier between right and wrong]; I will pour out My wrath upon them like water.H8269H3063H5253H1366H8210H5678H432511Ephraim is oppressed; he is broken {and} crushed by [divine] judgment, because he was content to walk after idols (images) {and} man's [evil] command ({vanities and filth}).H669H6231H7533H4941H2974H1980H310H667312Therefore I am like a moth to Ephraim and like dry rot to the house of Judah [in My judgment against them].H669H6211H1004H3063H753813When Ephraim saw his sickness and Judah saw his wound, then Ephraim went to Assyria and sent to [Assyria's] great King Jareb [for help]. Yet he cannot heal you nor will he cure you of your wound [received in divine judgment].H669H7200H2483H3063H4205H3212H669H804H7971H4428H3377H7378H3201H7495H1455H420514For I will be to Ephraim like a lion, and like a young lion to the house of Judah. I, even I, will rend and go on [rending]; I will carry off and there will be no one to deliver.H669H7826H3715H1004H3063H2963H3212H5375H533715I will return to My place [on high] until they acknowledge their offense {and} feel their guilt and seek My face; in their affliction {and} distress they will seek, inquire for, {and} require Me earnestly, saying,H3212H7725H4725H816H1245H6440H6862H7836
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