1Hear 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.[ † ]Hosea 6:9 2And the revolters are profound to make slaughter, though I have been a rebuker of them all.[ † ]Isaiah 29:15Hosea 4:2Hosea 6:9
3I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me: for now, O Ephraim, thou committest whoredom, and Israel is defiled.[ † ]Amos 3:2Amos 5:12Hosea 4:17 4They 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 .[ † ]Hosea 4:12 5And the pride of Israel doth testify to his face: therefore shall Israel and Ephraim fall in their iniquity; Judah also shall fall with them.[ † ]Hosea 7:10 6They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek the Lord ; but they shall not find him ; he hath withdrawn himself from them.[ † ]Proverbs 1:28Isaiah 1:15Jeremiah 11:11Ezekiel 8:18Micah 3:4John 7:34 7They have dealt treacherously against the Lord : for they have begotten strange children: now shall a month devour them with their portions.[ † ]Isaiah 48:8Jeremiah 3:20Hosea 6:7
8Blow ye the cornet in Gibeah, and the trumpet in Ramah: cry aloud at Beth-aven, after thee, O Benjamin.[ † ]Hosea 8:1Joel 2:1Isaiah 10:30Joshua 7:2 9Ephraim shall be desolate in the day of rebuke: among the tribes of Israel have I made known that which shall surely be.
10The princes of Judah were like them that remove the bound: therefore I will pour out my wrath upon them like water.[ † ]Deuteronomy 19:14Deuteronomy 27:17 11Ephraim is oppressed and broken in judgment, because he willingly walked after the commandment.[ † ]Deuteronomy 28:33Micah 6:16 12Therefore will I be unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness.[ † ]Proverbs 12:4 13When 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.[ † ]Jeremiah 30:12-152 Kings 15:19Hosea 7:11Hosea 10:6 14For 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 .[ † ]Psalms 7:2Lamentations 3:10Hosea 13:7-8Psalms 50:22 15I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early.