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.