6. They will go with their flocks and with their herds to seek the Lord;but they won’t find him.He has withdrawn himself from them.
7. They are unfaithful to the Lord;for they have borne illegitimate children.Now the new moon will devour them with their fields.
8. “Blow the cornet in Gibeah,and the shofar in Ramah!Sound a battle cry at Beth Aven, behind you, Benjamin!
9. Ephraim will become a desolation in the day of rebuke.Amongst the tribes of Israel, I have made known that which will surely be.
10. The princes of Judah are like those who remove a landmark.I will pour out my wrath on them like water.
11. Ephraim is oppressed,he is crushed in judgement;Because he is intent in his pursuit of idols.
12. Therefore I am to Ephraim like a moth,and to the house of Judah like rottenness.