Hosea 5 (KJV)

5

1 Hear ye this, O priests; and hearken, ye house of Israel; and give ye ear, O house of the king; for judgment is toward you, because ye have been a snare on Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor. 2 And the revolters are profound to make slaughter, though I have been a rebuker of them all. 3 I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me: for now, O Ephraim, thou committest whoredom, and Israel is defiled. 4 They will not frame their doings to turn unto their God : for the spirit of whoredoms is in the midst of them, and they have not known the Lord. 5 And the pride of Israel doth testify to his face : therefore shall Israel and Ephraim fall in their iniquity; Judah also shall fall with them. 6 They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek the Lord; but they shall not find him ; he hath withdrawn himself from them. 7 They have dealt treacherously against the Lord : for they have begotten strange children : now shall a month devour them with their portions.

8 Blow ye the cornet in Gibeah, and the trumpet in Ramah : cry aloud at Beth–aven, after thee, O Benjamin. 9 Ephraim shall be desolate in the day of rebuke : among the tribes of Israel have I made known that which shall surely be. 10 The princes of Judah were like them that remove the bound : therefore I will pour out my wrath upon them like water. 11 Ephraim is oppressed and broken in judgment, because he willingly walked after the commandment. 12 Therefore will I be unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness. 13 When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah saw his wound, then went Ephraim to the Assyrian, and sent to king Jareb : yet could he not heal you, nor cure you of your wound. 14 For I will be unto Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to the house of Judah : I, even I, will tear and go away; I will take away, and none shall rescue him .

15 I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face : in their affliction they will seek me early.