1 Hear this, ye priests; and hearken, ye house of Israel; and give ear, O house of the king: for this judgment is for you; for ye have been a snare at Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor.
2 And they have plunged themselves in the corruption of apostasy, but I will be a chastiser of them all.
3 I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me; for now, Ephraim, thou hast committed whoredom; Israel is defiled.
4 Their doings do not allow them to return unto their God; for the spirit of whoredoms is in the midst of them, and they know not Jehovah.
5 And Israel's pride doth testify to his face; and Israel and Ephraim shall fall by their iniquity: Judah also shall fall 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6 They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek Jehovah; but they shall not find {him}: he hath withdrawn himself from them.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 begotten strange children: now shall the new moon devour them, with their allotted possessions.
8 Blow the horn in Gibeah, the trumpet in Ramah; cry aloud {at} Beth-aven: behind thee, O Benjamin!
9 Ephraim shall be a desolation in the day of rebuke: among the tribes of Israel have I made known that which is sure.
10 The princes of Judah are become like them that remove the landmark: I will pour out my wrath upon them like water.
11 Ephraim is oppressed, crushed in judgment, because in selfwill he walked after the commandment {of man}.
12 And I will be unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness.
13 When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah his sore, then went Ephraim to the Assyrian, and sent to king Jareb; but he was unable to heal you, nor hath he removed your sore.
14 For I will be unto Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to the house of Judah. I, I will tear and go away; I will carry off, and there shall be none to deliver.
15 I will go away, I will return to my place, till they acknowledge their trespass, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early.
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心； 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（"新月"或译： "侵略者"）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， 好像挪移地界的人， 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。"