The kingdoms of Judah and of Israel shall both fall because of their iniquities.

 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.

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

 I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me: for now, O Ephraim, thou committest ^awhoredom^•, and Israel is defiled.

 ^aThey^• 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.

 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.

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

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

 Blow ye the ^acornet^• in Gibeah, and the trumpet in Ramah: cry aloud at Beth-aven, after thee, O Benjamin.

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

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

 Ephraim is oppressed and broken in judgment, because he willingly walked ^aafter^• the commandment.

 Therefore will I be unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness.

 When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah saw his ^awound^•, then went ^bEphraim^• to the Assyrian, and sent to king ^cJareb^•: yet could he not ^dheal^• you, nor cure you of your wound.

 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 take away, and none shall rescue him.

 ¶ I will go and return to my place, till they ^aacknowledge their offence, and ^bseek^• my face: in their ^caffliction they will seek me early.