Hosea 5
Judgment against the priests, Israel, and the royal house
שִׁמְעוּ-זֹאת הַכֹּהֲנִים וְהַקְשִׁיבוּ׀ בֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵל וּבֵית הַמֶּלֶךְ הַאֲזִינוּ כִּי לָכֶם הַמִּשְׁפָּט כִּֽי-פַח הֱיִיתֶם לְמִצְפָּה וְרֶשֶׁת פְּרוּשָׂה עַל-תָּבֽוֹר׃
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.
וְשַׁחֲטָה שֵׂטִים הֶעְמִיקוּ וַאֲנִי מוּסָר לְכֻלָּֽם׃
And the revolters are profound to make slaughter, though I have been a rebuker of them all.
אֲנִי יָדַעְתִּי אֶפְרַיִם וְיִשְׂרָאֵל לֹֽא-נִכְחַד מִמֶּנִּי כִּי עַתָּה הִזְנֵיתָ אֶפְרַיִם נִטְמָא יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃
I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me: for now, O Ephraim, thou committest whoredom, and Israel is defiled.
לֹא יִתְּנוּ מַעַלְלֵיהֶם לָשׁוּב אֶל-אֱלֹֽהֵיהֶם כִּי רוּחַ זְנוּנִים בְּקִרְבָּם וְאֶת-יְהוָה לֹא יָדָֽעוּ׃
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.
וְעָנָה גְאֽוֹן-יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּפָנָיו וְיִשְׂרָאֵל וְאֶפְרַיִם יִכָּֽשְׁלוּ בַּעֲוֺנָם כָּשַׁל גַּם-יְהוּדָה עִמָּֽם׃
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.
בְּצֹאנָם וּבִבְקָרָם יֵֽלְכוּ לְבַקֵּשׁ אֶת-יְהוָה וְלֹא יִמְצָאוּ חָלַץ מֵהֶֽם׃
They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek the LORD; but they shall not find him; he hath withdrawn himself from them.
בַּיהוָה בָּגָדוּ כִּֽי-בָנִים זָרִים יָלָדוּ עַתָּה יֹאכְלֵם חֹדֶשׁ אֶת-חֶלְקֵיהֶֽם׃
They have dealt treacherously against the LORD: for they have begotten strange children: now shall a month devour them with their portions.
The alarm of war against Ephraim and Judah
תִּקְעוּ שׁוֹפָר בַּגִּבְעָה חֲצֹצְרָה בָּרָמָה הָרִיעוּ בֵּית אָוֶן אַחֲרֶיךָ בִּנְיָמִֽין׃
Blow ye the cornet in Gibeah, and the trumpet in Ramah: cry aloud at Beth-aven, after thee, O Benjamin.
אֶפְרַיִם לְשַׁמָּה תִֽהְיֶה בְּיוֹם תּֽוֹכֵחָה בְּשִׁבְטֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל הוֹדַעְתִּי נֶאֱמָנָֽה׃
Ephraim shall be desolate in the day of rebuke: among the tribes of Israel have I made known that which shall surely be.
הָיוּ שָׂרֵי יְהוּדָה כְּמַסִּיגֵי גְּבוּל עֲלֵיהֶם אֶשְׁפּוֹךְ כַּמַּיִם עֶבְרָתִֽי׃
The princes of Judah were like them that remove the bound: therefore I will pour out my wrath upon them like water.
עָשׁוּק אֶפְרַיִם רְצוּץ מִשְׁפָּט כִּי הוֹאִיל הָלַךְ אַחֲרֵי-צָֽו׃
Ephraim is oppressed and broken in judgment, because he willingly walked after the commandment.
וַאֲנִי כָעָשׁ לְאֶפְרָיִם וְכָרָקָב לְבֵית יְהוּדָֽה׃
Therefore will I be unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness.
וַיַּרְא אֶפְרַיִם אֶת-חָלְיוֹ וִֽיהוּדָה אֶת-מְזֹרוֹ וַיֵּלֶךְ אֶפְרַיִם אֶל-אַשּׁוּר וַיִּשְׁלַח אֶל-מֶלֶךְ יָרֵב וְהוּא לֹא יוּכַל לִרְפֹּא לָכֶם וְלֹֽא-יִגְהֶה מִכֶּם מָזֽוֹר׃
When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah saw his wound, then went Ephraim to the Assyrian, and sent to king Jareb: yet could he not heal you, nor cure you of your wound.
כִּי אָנֹכִי כַשַּׁחַל לְאֶפְרַיִם וְכַכְּפִיר לְבֵית יְהוּדָה אֲנִי אֲנִי אֶטְרֹף וְאֵלֵךְ אֶשָּׂא וְאֵין מַצִּֽיל׃
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.
אֵלֵךְ אָשׁוּבָה אֶל-מְקוֹמִי עַד אֲשֶֽׁר-יֶאְשְׁמוּ וּבִקְשׁוּ פָנָי בַּצַּר לָהֶם יְשַׁחֲרֻֽנְנִי׃
I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early.