Judgment on Israel and Judah
“Hear this, O priests! Hos 9:8Hab 1:15-17Hos 6:9Mic 3:9Mic 7:21Ki 21:18-222Ch 21:12-15Amo 7:9
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.
The rebels are deep in slaughter; Hos 9:15Isa 29:15Hos 6:9Act 23:12-15Amo 4:6-12Hos 4:2Hos 6:5Isa 1:5
but I will chastise them all.
I know all about Ephraim, 1 Amo 3:2Heb 4:131Ki 12:26-331Ki 14:14-16Amo 5:12Deu 33:17Ezk 23:5-21Gen 48:19-20
and Israel is not hidden from Me.
For now, O Ephraim,
you have turned to prostitution;
Israel is defiled.
Their deeds do not permit them Hos 4:121Jn 2:3-42Th 2:11-12Hos 4:1Hos 4:6Jer 22:15-16Jer 24:7Jer 50:38
to return to their God,
for a spirit of prostitution is within them,
and they do not know the LORD.
Israel’s arrogance testifies against them; Hos 7:10Amo 5:2Ezk 23:31-35Luk 19:22Pro 24:162Ki 17:19-20Amo 2:4-5Hos 14:1
Israel and Ephraim stumble in their iniquity;
even Judah stumbles with them.
They go with their flocks and herds Jhn 7:34Pro 1:28Mic 6:6-7Ezk 8:6Isa 1:11-15Jer 7:4Lam 3:44Pro 15:8
to seek the LORD,
but they do not find Him;
He has withdrawn Himself from them.
They have been unfaithful to the LORD; Hos 6:7Ezk 12:28Hos 2:4Isa 48:8Jer 3:20Psa 144:11Psa 144:7Hos 2:11
for they have borne illegitimate children.
Now the New Moon 2will devour them
along with their land.
Blow the ram’s horn in Gibeah, Hos 4:15Hos 9:9Jol 2:11Sa 15:34Jer 4:5Hos 8:1Isa 10:29Jdg 5:14
the trumpet in Ramah;
raise the battle cry in Beth-aven: 3
Lead on, O Benjamin!
Ephraim will be laid waste Hos 9:11-17Isa 46:10Zec 1:6Isa 28:1-4Jhn 16:4Amo 3:14-15Amo 3:7Amo 7:17
on the day of rebuke.
Among the tribes of Israel
I proclaim what is certain.
The princes of Judah Deu 19:14Psa 32:6Psa 93:3-4Deu 27:172Ch 28:16-222Ki 16:7-9Ezk 7:8Luk 6:49
are like those who move boundary stones; 4
I will pour out My fury
upon them like water.
Ephraim is oppressed, crushed in judgment, Mic 6:16Deu 28:331Ki 12:26-332Ki 15:16-202Ki 15:29Amo 5:11-12
for he is determined to follow worthless idols. 5
So I am like a moth to Ephraim, Isa 51:8Job 13:28Jon 4:7Isa 50:9Mrk 9:43-48Pro 12:4
and like decay to the house of Judah.
When Ephraim saw his sickness Hos 7:11Jer 30:122Ki 15:19Hos 10:6Hos 12:1Hos 8:9Jer 30:14-152Ch 28:16-18
and Judah his wound,
then Ephraim turned to Assyria
and sent to the great king. 6
But he cannot cure you
or heal your wound.
For I am like a lion to Ephraim Mic 5:8Psa 7:2Hos 13:7-8Psa 50:22Amo 2:14Amo 3:4-8Isa 5:29Job 10:16
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.
Then I will return to My place Isa 26:16Jer 29:12-14Deu 4:29-31Psa 78:34Lev 26:40-42Psa 50:15Jer 3:13Ezk 36:31
until they admit their guilt and seek My face;
in their affliction they will earnestly seek Me.”