¹Hear you2f this, O priests; and hearken, you2f house of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] ; and give you2f ear, O house of the king; for judgment [is] toward you, because you2f have been a snare on Mitzpah [watchtower] , and a net spread upon Tavor [Mound] .

²And the revolters are profound (go deep into something) to make slaughter, though I [have been] a rebuker of them all.

³I know Efrayim [Doubly Fruitful] , and Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] is not hid from me: for now, O Efrayim [Doubly Fruitful] , youi commits whoredom, [and] Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] is defiled.

⁴They will not frame their doings to turn unto their God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] : for the spirit of cult prostitution [is] in the midst of them, and they have not known the Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) .

⁵And the pride of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] does testify to his face: therefore shall Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] and Efrayim [Doubly Fruitful] fall in their iniquity; Y’hudah [Let Him (God) Be Praised] also shall fall with them.

⁶They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek the Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) ; but they shall not find [him] ; he has withdrawn himself from them.

⁷They have dealt treacherously against the Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) : for they have begotten strange children: now shall a month devour them with their portions.

⁸Blow you2f the cornet (a wind instrument; horn; trumpet) in Giv’ah [Hill] , [and] the trumpet in Ramah [Hill] : cry aloud [at] Beit-On [vanity] [house of vanity] , after youi , O Binyamin [Son of the Right Hand/Strength] .

⁹Efrayim [Doubly Fruitful] shall be desolate in the day of rebuke (reprimand; strongly warn; restrain) : among the tribes of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] have I made known that which shall surely be.

¹⁰The princes of Y’hudah [Let Him (God) Be Praised] were like them that remove the bound: [therefore] I will pour out my wrath upon them like water.

¹¹Efrayim [Doubly Fruitful] [is] oppressed [and] broken in judgment, because he willingly walked after the commandment.

¹²Therefore [will] I [be] unto Efrayim [Doubly Fruitful] as a moth, and to the house of Y’hudah [Let Him (God) Be Praised] as rottenness.

¹³When Efrayim [Doubly Fruitful] saw his sickness, and Y’hudah [Let Him (God) Be Praised] [saw] his wound, then went Efrayim [Doubly Fruitful] to the Ashur (Assyrian) , and sent to king Yarav [contender] : yet could he not heal you, nor cure you of your wound.

¹⁴For I [will be] unto Efrayim [Doubly Fruitful] as a lion, and as a young lion to the house of Y’hudah [Let Him (God) Be Praised] : I, [even] I, will tear and go away; I will take away, and none shall rescue [him] .

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.