| New American Standard Bible 1995 | Berean Study Bible |
| 1Hear this, O priests! Give heed, O house of Israel! Listen, O house of the king! For the judgment applies to you, For you have been a snare at Mizpah And a net spread out on Tabor. | 1“Hear this, O priests! Take heed, O house of Israel! Give ear, O royal house! For this judgment is against you because you have been a snare at Mizpah, a net spread out on Tabor. |
| 2The revolters have gone deep in depravity, But I will chastise all of them. | 2The rebels are deep in slaughter; but I will chastise them all. |
| 3I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hidden from Me; For now, O Ephraim, you have played the harlot, Israel has defiled itself. | 3I know all about Ephraim, and Israel is not hidden from Me. For now, O Ephraim, you have turned to prostitution; Israel is defiled. |
| 4Their deeds will not allow them To return to their God. For a spirit of harlotry is within them, And they do not know the LORD. | 4Their deeds do not permit them to return to their God, for a spirit of prostitution is within them, and they do not know the LORD. |
| 5Moreover, the pride of Israel testifies against him, And Israel and Ephraim stumble in their iniquity; Judah also has stumbled with them. | 5Israel’s arrogance testifies against them; Israel and Ephraim stumble in their iniquity; even Judah stumbles with them. |
| 6They will go with their flocks and herds To seek the LORD, but they will not find Him; He has withdrawn from them. | 6They go with their flocks and herds to seek the LORD, but they do not find Him; He has withdrawn Himself from them. |
| 7They have dealt treacherously against the LORD, For they have borne illegitimate children. Now the new moon will devour them with their land. | 7They have been unfaithful to the LORD; for they have borne illegitimate children. Now the New Moon will devour them along with their land. |
| 8Blow the horn in Gibeah, The trumpet in Ramah. Sound an alarm at Beth-aven: "Behind you, Benjamin!" | 8Blow the ram’s horn in Gibeah, the trumpet in Ramah; raise the battle cry in Beth-aven: Lead on, O Benjamin! |
| 9Ephraim will become a desolation in the day of rebuke; Among the tribes of Israel I declare what is sure. | 9Ephraim will be laid waste on the day of rebuke. Among the tribes of Israel I proclaim what is certain. |
| 10The princes of Judah have become like those who move a boundary; On them I will pour out My wrath like water. | 10The princes of Judah are like those who move boundary stones; I will pour out My fury upon them like water. |
| 11Ephraim is oppressed, crushed in judgment, Because he was determined to follow man's command. | 11Ephraim is oppressed, crushed in judgment, for he is determined to follow worthless idols. |
| 12Therefore I am like a moth to Ephraim And like rottenness to the house of Judah. | 12So I am like a moth to Ephraim, and like decay to the house of Judah. |
| 13When Ephraim saw his sickness, And Judah his wound, Then Ephraim went to Assyria And sent to King Jareb. But he is unable to heal you, Or to cure you of your wound. | 13When Ephraim saw his sickness and Judah his wound, then Ephraim turned to Assyria and sent to the great king. But he cannot cure you or heal your wound. |
| 14For I will be like a lion to Ephraim And like a young lion to the house of Judah. I, even I, will tear to pieces and go away, I will carry away, and there will be none to deliver. | 14For I am like a lion to Ephraim and like a young lion to the house of Judah. I, even I, will tear them to pieces and then go away. I will carry them off where no one can rescue them. |
| 15I will go away and return to My place Until they acknowledge their guilt and seek My face; In their affliction they will earnestly seek Me. | 15Then I will return to My place until they admit their guilt and seek My face; in their affliction they will earnestly seek Me.” |
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