Hosea 5:1–7

Punishment Coming for Israel and Judah

[1] Hear this, O priests!

Pay attention, O house of Israel!

Give ear, O house of the king!

For the judgment is for you;

for you have been a snare at Mizpah

and a net spread upon Tabor.

[2] And the revolters have gone deep into slaughter,

but I will discipline all of them.

[3] I know Ephraim,

and Israel is not hidden from me;

for now, O Ephraim, you have played the whore;

Israel is defiled.

[4] Their deeds do not permit them

to return to their God.

For the spirit of whoredom is within them,

and they know not the LORD.

[5] The pride of Israel testifies to his face;

Israel and Ephraim shall stumble in his guilt;

Judah also shall stumble with them.

[6] With their flocks and herds they shall go

to seek the LORD,

but they will not find him;

he has withdrawn from them.

[7] They have dealt faithlessly with the LORD;

for they have borne alien children.

Now the new moon shall devour them with their fields.