1 GLT “Hear this, O priests! Pay attention, O house of Israel! Listen, O house of the king! For the judgment is for you, for you have been a snare at Mizpah and a net spread over Tabor. BSB BSB: “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.
2 GLT The rebels stand deep in slaughter, but I will discipline all of them. BSB BSB: The rebels are deep in slaughter; but I will chastise them all.
3 GLT I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hidden from me; for now, O Ephraim, you have played the harlot; Israel is defiled. BSB BSB: I know all about Ephraim, and Israel is not hidden from Me. For now, O Ephraim, you have turned to prostitution; Israel is defiled.
4 GLT Their deeds will not allow them to return to their God, for a spirit of harlotry is within them, and they do not know Yahweh. BSB BSB: 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.
5 GLT The pride of Israel testifies against him; Israel and Ephraim will stumble in their guilt; Judah also will stumble with them. BSB BSB: Israel’s arrogance testifies against them; Israel and Ephraim stumble in their iniquity; even Judah stumbles with them.
6 GLT They will go with their flocks and herds to seek Yahweh, but they will not find him, for he has withdrawn from them. BSB BSB: They go with their flocks and herds to seek the LORD, but they do not find Him; He has withdrawn Himself from them.
7 GLT They were unfaithful to Yahweh, for they have borne illegitimate children. Now the new moon will devour them with their fields. BSB BSB: They have been unfaithful to the LORD; for they have borne illegitimate children. Now the New Moon will devour them along with their land.
8 GLT Blow the horn in Gibeah, and the trumpet in Ramah. Sound the alarm at Beth Aven:‘We will follow you, O Benjamin!’ BSB BSB: Blow the ram’s horn in Gibeah, the trumpet in Ramah; raise the battle cry in Beth-aven: Lead on, O Benjamin!
9 GLT Ephraim will become a desolation in the day of punishment. Among the tribes of Israel I declare what is certain. BSB BSB: Ephraim will be laid waste on the day of rebuke. Among the tribes of Israel I proclaim what is certain.
10 GLT The princes of Judah are like those who move a boundary. I will pour out my wrath on them like water. BSB BSB: The princes of Judah are like those who move boundary stones; I will pour out My fury upon them like water.
11 GLT Ephraim is oppresssed; he is crushed in judgment, because he was determined to go after idols. BSB BSB: Ephraim is oppressed, crushed in judgment, for he is determined to follow worthless idols.
12 GLT So I will be like a moth to Ephraim, and like rot to the house of Judah. BSB BSB: So I am like a moth to Ephraim, and like decay to the house of Judah.
13 GLT When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah his wound, then Ephraim went to Assyria, and sent to the great king. But he is not able to cure you or heal your wound. BSB BSB: 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.
14 GLT For I will be like a lion to Ephraim, and like a young lion to the house of Judah. I, even I, will tear and go away; I will carry off, and there will be no one to rescue. BSB BSB: 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.
15 GLT I will go and return to my place, until they acknowledge their guilt and seek my face, until they earnestly seek me in their distress.” BSB BSB: Then I will return to My place until they admit their guilt and seek My face; in their affliction they will earnestly seek Me.”