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¹ Hear this, priests!^(C1)2 Rebels^(C1) are deeply involved in slaughter;^(C2)
I will be a punishment for all of them.^(F1)3 I know Ephraim,^(C1)
and Israel is not hidden from me.
For now, Ephraim,^(C2)
you have acted promiscuously;
Israel is defiled.⁴ Their actions do not allow them
to return to their God,^(C1)
for a spirit of promiscuity is among them,^(C2)
and they do not know the Lord.^(C3)5 Israel’s arrogance testifies against them.^(F1)(C1)
Both Israel and Ephraim stumble
because of their iniquity;^(C2)
even Judah will stumble with them.^(C3)6 They go with their flocks and herds
to seek the Lord^(C1)
but do not find him;^(C2)
he has withdrawn from them.^(C3)7 They betrayed the Lord;^(C1)
indeed, they gave birth to illegitimate children.^(C2)
Now the New Moon^(C3) will devour them
along with their fields.^(C4)

⁸ Blow the horn in Gibeah,^(C1)
the trumpet in Ramah;^(C2)
raise the war cry in Beth-aven:^(C3)
Look behind you,^(F1) Benjamin!^(C4)9 Ephraim will become a desolation^(C1)
on the day of punishment;^(C2)
I announce what is certain
among the tribes of Israel.^(C3)10 The princes of Judah are like those
who move boundary markers;^(C1)
I will pour out my fury^(C2) on them like water.^(C3)11 Ephraim is oppressed, crushed in judgment,^(C1)
for he is determined to follow what is worthless.^(F1)12 So I am like rot to Ephraim^(C1)
and like decay to the house of Judah.¹³ When Ephraim saw his sickness
and Judah his wound,
Ephraim went to Assyria^(C1)
and sent a delegation to the great king.^(F1)(C2)
But he cannot cure you or heal your wound.^(C3)14 For I am like a lion to Ephraim^(C1)
and like a young lion to the house of Judah.
Yes, I will tear them to pieces and depart.^(C2)
I will carry them off,
and no one can rescue them.^(C3)15 I will depart and return to my place
until they recognize their guilt and seek my face;^(C1)
they will search for me in their distress.^(C2)