[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.
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[2] And the revolters are profound to make slaughter, though I have been a rebuker of them all.
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[3] I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me: for now, O Ephraim, thou committest whoredom, and Israel is defiled.
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[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.
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[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.
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[6] They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek the Lord; but they shall not find him; he hath withdrawn himself from them.
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[7] They have dealt treacherously against the Lord: for they have begotten strange children: now shall a month devour them with their portions.
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[8] Blow ye the cornet in Gibeah, and the trumpet in Ramah: cry aloud at Beth-aven, after thee, O Benjamin.
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[9] Ephraim shall be desolate in the day of rebuke: among the tribes of Israel have I made known that which shall surely be.
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[10] The princes of Judah were like them that remove the bound: therefore I will pour out my wrath upon them like water.
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[11] Ephraim is oppressed and broken in judgment, because he willingly walked after the commandment.
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[12] Therefore will I be unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness.
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[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.
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[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.
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[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.
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