1 Hear this, O ye priests, and hearken, O house of Israel, and give ear, O house of the king; for unto you pertaineth the judgment; for ye have been a snare at Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor. 2 And the revolters are gone deep in making slaughter; but I am a rebuker of them all. 3 I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me; for now, O Ephraim, thou hast played the harlot, Israel is defiled. 4 Their doings will not suffer them to turn unto their God; for the spirit of whoredom is within them, and they know not Jehovah. 5 And the pride of Israel doth testify to his face: therefore Israel and Ephraim shall stumble in their iniquity; Judah also shall stumble with them. 6 They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek Jehovah; but they shall not find him: he hath withdrawn himself from them. 7 They have dealt treacherously against Jehovah; for they have borne strange children: now shall the new moon devour them with their fields.

8 Blow ye the cornet in Gibeah, and the trumpet in Ramah: sound an alarm at Beth-aven; behind thee, O Benjamin. 9 Ephraim shall become a desolation in the day of rebuke: among the tribes of Israel have I made known that which shall surely be. 10 The princes of Judah are like them that remove the landmark: I will pour out my wrath upon them like water. 11 Ephraim is oppressed, he is crushed in judgment; because he was content to walk after man’s command. 12 Therefore am I unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness. 13 When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah saw his wound, then went Ephraim to Assyria, and sent to king Jareb: but he is not able to heal you, neither will he cure you of your wound. 14 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 carry off, and there shall be none to deliver. 15 I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me earnestly.

1 祭司啊，你们要听这话！

以色列家啊，你们要留心听！

王的家啊，你们要侧耳而听！

因为审判必临到你们，

因你们曾是米斯巴地的捕鸟机，

是他泊山上张开的网罗。

2 他们在什亭掘深了陷阱，

但我要惩治他们所有的人。

3 我认识以法莲，以色列也瞒不住我；

以法莲啊！现在你竟行淫，

以色列竟玷污了自己。

4 他们所行的使他们不能回转，

归回自己的　神；

因为在他们当中有淫乱的灵；

他们也不认识耶和华。

5 以色列的骄傲当面指证自己，

以色列和以法莲因自己的罪孽跌倒，

犹大也与他们一同跌倒。

6 虽然他们带着牛群羊群

去寻求耶和华，却寻不见；

他已经离开他们远去了。

7 他们以诡诈待耶和华，

因为他们生了私生子。

现在新月要吞灭他们和他们的地业。

8 你们要在基比亚吹角，

在拉玛吹号，

在伯．亚文大声吶喊：

"便雅悯啊！敌人就在你背后。"

9 在责罚的日子，以法莲必成为荒场。

我要在以色列各支派中宣告一定会发生的事情。

10 "犹大的领袖，好象挪移地界的人，

我要把我的忿怒倾倒在他们身上，如同倒水一样。

11 以法莲受欺压，被审判压碎；

因为他们乐意随从人的命令。

12 因此我要成为以法莲的蛀虫，

成为犹大家的朽烂。

13 以法莲看见自己的疾病，

犹大家看见自己的创伤，

以法莲就往亚述去，

派人去见亚述的大王。

可是他却不能医治你们，

也不能医好你们的创伤。

14 因为我对以法莲要像只猛狮，

对犹大家必像头少壮狮子。

我要亲自撕裂他们，然后离去；

我把他们带走，没有人能搭救。

15 我要回到自己的地方去；

直到他们承认自己的罪过，

寻求我的面。

在痛苦中必恳切寻求我。"