Warnings for Israel and Judah
Hosea 5, verse 1. “Hear these things, O priests, And attend, O house of Israel! Listen, O house of the king! For judgment is with you Because you have been a snare in Mizpah And a net spread on Tabor, Hosea 5, verse 2. Which they that hunt the prey have fixed; But I will be your instructor. Hosea 5, verse 3. I know Ephraim, and Israel is not far from Me; For now Ephraim has gone grievously a-whoring; Israel is defiled. Hosea 5, verse 4. “Their deliberations did not allow them To return to their God, For a spirit of fornication is in them, And they have not gotten to know the Lord. Hosea 5, verse 5. The arrogance of Israel Shall be brought low before His face, And Israel and Ephraim shall become weak Due to their wrongdoings; And Judah also shall become weak with them. Hosea 5, verse 6. “They shall go with sheep and calves Diligently to seek the Lord; But they shall not find Him, For He has withdrawn Himself from them. Hosea 5, verse 7. For they have forsaken the Lord Because strange children have been born to them. Now the rust shall devour them along with their heritages. Hosea 5, verse 8. “Blow the trumpet on the hills, Sound aloud on the heights, Proclaim in Beth Aven: ‘Benjamin is confused.’ Hosea 5, verse 9. Ephraim has vanished in the days of reproof; Among the tribes of Israel I have shown faithful things. Hosea 5, verse 10. “The princes of Judah became as those Who remove the boundaries; I will pour out my fury upon them as water. Hosea 5, verse 11. Ephraim oppressed his adversary; He trod over judgment, For he began to go after vanities. Hosea 5, verse 12. Therefore I will be as a confusion to Ephraim And as a sting to the house of Judah. Hosea 5, verse 13. “Ephraim saw his disease And Judah his pain; Then Ephraim went to the Assyrians And sent ambassadors to King Jareb. But he could not heal you, And your pain shall in no way cease from you. Hosea 5, verse 14. Wherefore I am as a panther to Ephraim And as a lion to the house of Judah. So I will grasp and go away; And I will take, and there shall be none to rescue. Hosea 5, verse 15. I will go and return to My place Until they are destroyed, And then they shall seek My face. In their affliction they will seek Me early, saying: