Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
ASV
American Standard Version
“
Hear this, O priests !
Take
heed
, O house of Israel !
Give ear, O royal
house !
For this
judgment
is
against
you
because
you have been a snare at Mizpah, a net spread out
on
Tabor.
Hear this, O ye
priests, and
hearken,
O house of Israel ,
and
give ear, O house of
the
king;
for unto
you pertaineth
the
judgment;
for
ye
have been a snare at Mizpah, and
a net spread upon
Tabor.
The rebels
are deep in slaughter; but I will
chastise
them all.
And
the revolters
are gone
deep in making
slaughter; but I am
a
rebuker
of
them all.
I know all
about
Ephraim, and Israel is not hidden
from Me .
For now, O Ephraim, you
have
turned
to
prostitution;
Israel is defiled.
I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid
from me ;
for now, O Ephraim, thou
hast
played
the
harlot,
Israel is defiled.
Their deeds
do
not permit
them to return
to
their God ,
for a
spirit of prostitution
is within them, and they do
not
know the
LORD
.
Their doings
will
not suffer
them to turn
unto
their God ;
for the
spirit of whoredom
is within them, and they know not
Jehovah
.
Israel’s
arrogance
testifies
against
them;
Israel and Ephraim stumble in their iniquity; even
Judah stumbles
with them.
And
the
pride
of
Israel doth
testify
to
his
face:
therefore
Israel
and Ephraim shall
stumble in their iniquity; Judah also
shall
stumble
with them.
They go with their flocks and herds to seek the
LORD,
but they do
not find Him ;
He has
withdrawn Himself from them.
They shall
go with their flocks and with
their
herds to seek Jehovah;
but they shall
not find him :
he hath
withdrawn himself from them.
They have been
unfaithful
to
the
LORD
; for they have borne illegitimate
children .
Now the New Moon will
devour them along
with their land
.
They have dealt
treacherously
against
Jehovah
; for they have borne strange
children :
now shall
the new moon devour them with their fields
.
Blow the ram’s
horn
in Gibeah, the trumpet in Ramah ;
raise
the
battle
cry
in
Beth-aven :
Lead
on
, O Benjamin !
Blow ye
the cornet
in Gibeah, and
the trumpet in Ramah :
sound
an
alarm
at
Beth-aven ;
behind
thee
, O Benjamin .
Ephraim will
be
laid
waste
on
the day of rebuke .
Among the tribes of Israel I proclaim
what
is
certain
.
Ephraim shall
become
a
desolation
in
the day of rebuke :
among the tribes of Israel have
I made
known
that
which
shall
surely
be
.
The princes of Judah are like those
who
move
boundary
stones;
I will pour out My fury
upon them like water.
The princes of Judah are like them
that
remove
the
landmark:
I will pour out my wrath
upon them like water.
Ephraim is oppressed, crushed in judgment ,
for
he is
determined
to follow
worthless
idols
.
Ephraim is oppressed, he
is
crushed in judgment ;
because
he was
content
to walk
after
`man's'
command
.
So
I
am like
a moth to
Ephraim
, and like
decay
to the house of Judah.
Therefore
am I
unto
Ephraim
as
a moth, and to the house of Judah as
rottenness
.
When Ephraim saw his sickness and Judah his wound, then Ephraim turned
to Assyria and sent to the
great
king .
But he cannot
cure you or
heal
your wound.
When Ephraim saw his sickness ,
and Judah `saw'
his wound, then went
Ephraim to Assyria ,
and sent to king Jareb:
but he is
not
able
to
heal
you,
neither
will
he
cure you of
your wound.
For I am
like
a lion to
Ephraim
and like
a young lion to the house of Judah .
I, even I, will tear them
to
pieces
and then
go away .
I will carry them
off where
no
one
can
rescue
them
.
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 carry off ,
and
there
shall
be
none
to
deliver
.
Then
I will return to My place until
they admit
their guilt
and seek My face ;
in their affliction they will earnestly
seek Me. ”
I will go
and
return to my place ,
till
they acknowledge
their offence,
and seek my face :
in their affliction they will seek me earnestly
.
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