1. Hear ye this, O priests; and hearken, ye house of Israel; and give ear, O house of the king because the judgment is for you, for ye have been a snare in Mizpah and a net spread over Tabor.
2. And in killing sacrifices ye have descended into the depths; therefore, I shall be the correction of them all.
3. I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me; for now, O Ephraim, thou dost commit whoredom, and Israel is defiled.
4. They will not think about returning unto their God; for the spirit of whoredoms is in the midst of them, and they do not know the Lord.
5. And the pride of Israel doth testify to his face: therefore Israel and Ephraim shall fall in their iniquity; Judah shall also fall with them.
6. They shall go with their flocks and with their herds seeking the Lord; but they shall not find him; he has withdrawn himself from them.
7. They have rebelled against the Lord; for they have begotten strange sons; now a month shall devour them with their portions.
8. Blow ye the shofar in Gibeah and the trumpet in Ramah; sound the drum in Bethaven; after thee, O Benjamin.
9. Ephraim shall be made desolate in the day of chastisement; in the tribes of Israel I made known my truth.
10. The princes of Judah were like those that move the boundaries; therefore I will pour out my wrath upon them like water.
11. Ephraim is oppressed and broken in judgment because he wanted to walk after commandments.