The King James Version Bible

Hosea 5:1-11

  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.

  2. And the revolters are profound to make slaughter, though I have been a rebuker of them all.

  3. I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me: for now, O Ephraim, thou committest whoredom, and Israel is defiled.

  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.

  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.

  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 They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek the LORD; but they shall not find him; he hath withdrawn himself from them.

  7. They have dealt treacherously against the LORD: for they have begotten strange children: now shall a month devour them with their portions.

  8. Blow ye the cornet in Gibeah, and the trumpet in Ramah: cry aloud at Bethaven, after thee, O Benjamin.

  9. Ephraim shall be desolate in the day of rebuke: among the tribes of Israel have I made known that which shall surely be.

  10. The princes of Judah were like them that remove the bound: therefore I will pour out my wrath upon them like water.

  11. Ephraim is oppressed and broken in judgment, because he willingly walked after the commandment.