5. The pride of Israel testifies to his face;Israel and Ephraim shall stumble in his guilt; Judah also shall stumble with them.
6. With their flocks and herds they shall goto seek the Lord, but they will not find him; he has withdrawn from them.
7. They have dealt faithlessly with the Lord;for they have borne alien children.Now the new moon shall devour them with their fields.
8. Blow the horn in Gibeah,the trumpet in Ramah.Sound the alarm at Beth-aven;we follow you, O Benjamin!
9. Ephraim shall become a desolationin the day of punishment;among the tribes of IsraelI make known what is sure.
10. The princes of Judah have becomelike those who move the landmark;upon them I will pour outmy wrath like water.
11. Ephraim is oppressed, crushed in judgment,because he was determined to go after filth.
12. But I am like a moth to Ephraim,and like dry rot to the house of Judah.
13. When Ephraim saw his sickness,and Judah his wound,then Ephraim went to Assyria,and sent to the great king. But he is not able to cure youor heal your wound.
14. For I will be like a lion to Ephraim,and like a young lion to the house of Judah. I, even I, will tear and go away;I will carry off, and no one shall rescue.
15. I will return again to my place,until they acknowledge their guilt and seek my face,and in their distress earnestly seek me.