Hosea 4:15-Hosea 5:15 - Warnings For Israel And Judah

¹⁵ Though a harlot thou art, O Israel, Let not Judah become guilty, And come not ye in to Gilgal, nor go up to Beth-Aven, Nor swear ye, Jehovah liveth. ¹⁶ For as a refractory heifer hath Israel turned aside, Now doth Jehovah feed them as a lamb in a large place. ¹⁷ Joined to idols is Ephraim, let him alone. ¹⁸ Sour is their drink, They have gone diligently a-whoring, Her protectors have loved shame thoroughly. ¹⁹ Distressed her hath wind with its wings, And they are ashamed of their sacrifices!

¹ Hear this, O priests, and attend, O house of Israel, And, O house of the king, give ear, For the judgment is for you, For, a snare ye have been on Mizpah, And a net spread out on Tabor. ² And to slaughter sinners have gone deep, And I am a fetter to them all. ³ I have known Ephraim, And Israel hath not been hid from me, For now thou hast gone a-whoring, Ephraim, Defiled is Israel. ⁴ They give not up their habitual doings, To turn back unto their God, For a spirit of whoredoms is in their midst, And Jehovah they have not known. ⁵ And humbled hath been the excellency of Israel to his face, And Israel and Ephraim stumble by their iniquity, Stumbled also hath Judah with them. ⁶ With their flock and with their herd, They go to seek Jehovah, and do not find, He hath withdrawn from them. ⁷ Against Jehovah they dealt treacherously, For strange sons they have begotten, Now consume them doth a month with their portions.

⁸ Blow ye a cornet in Gibeah, a trumpet in Ramah, Shout, O Beth-Aven, after thee, O Benjamin. ⁹ Ephraim is for a desolation in a day of reproof, Among the tribes of Israel I have made known a sure thing. ¹⁰ Princes of Judah have been as those removing a border, On them I do pour out as water My wrath. ¹¹ Oppressed is Ephraim, broken in judgment, When he pleased he went after the command. ¹² And I am as a moth to Ephraim, And as a rotten thing to the house of Judah. ¹³ And see doth Ephraim his sickness, and Judah his wound, And Ephraim goeth unto Asshur, And sendeth unto a warlike king, And he is not able to give healing to you, Nor doth he remove from you a scar. ¹⁴ For I am as a lion to Ephraim, And as a young lion to the house of Judah, I -- I tear and go, I bear away, and there is no deliverer. ¹⁵ I go -- I turn back unto My place, Till that they are desolate, and have sought My face. In their distress they do seek Me speedily!'