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cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../hosea/4.htm" title="Hosea 4">◄</a> Hosea 5 <a href="../hosea/6.htm" title="Hosea 6">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New American Bible Revised Edition</td><td width="1%" valign="top"></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><section id="ch35005" class="chapter"> <h1 id="cn35005" class="cn"></h1> <section> <h2 class="ahaft">Guilt of the Religious and Political Leaders</h2> <div class="senseline"> <p class="slf"><span id="v35005001" class="ver">1</span>Hear this, priests,</p> <p class="sl1">Pay attention, house of Israel,</p> <p class="sl">Household of the king, give ear!<a id="ren35005001-a" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en35005001-a">a</a></p> <p class="sl1">For you are responsible for judgment.<a id="rfn35005001-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn35005001-1">*</a></p> <p class="sl">But you have been a snare at Mizpah,<a id="rfn35005001-2" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn35005001-2">*</a></p> <p class="sl1">a net spread upon Tabor,</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v35005002" class="ver">2</span>a pit dug deep in Shittim.</p> <p class="sl1">Now I will discipline them all.</p> <p class="slf"><span id="v35005003" class="ver">3</span>I know Ephraim,</p> <p class="sl1">and Israel is not hidden from me:</p> <p class="sl">Now, Ephraim, you have practiced prostitution,</p> <p class="sl1">Israel is defiled.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v35005004" class="ver">4</span>Their deeds do not allow them</p> <p class="sl1">to return to their God;<a id="ren35005004-b" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en35005004-b">b</a></p> <p class="sl">For the spirit of prostitution is in them,</p> <p class="sl1">and they do not know the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>.</p> <p class="slf"><span id="v35005005" class="ver">5</span>The arrogance of Israel bears witness against him;</p> <p class="sl1">Israel and Ephraim stumble because of their iniquity,</p> <p class="sl1">and Judah stumbles with them.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v35005006" class="ver">6</span>With their flocks and herds they will go</p> <p class="sl1">to seek the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>, but will not find him;<a id="ren35005006-c" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en35005006-c">c</a></p> <p class="sl1">he has withdrawn from them.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v35005007" class="ver">7</span>They have betrayed the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>,</p> <p class="sl1">for they have borne illegitimate children;</p> <p class="sl">Now the new moon<a id="rfn35005007-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn35005007-1">*</a> will devour them</p> <p class="sl1">together with their fields.</p> </div> </section> <section> <h2 class="ah">Political Upheavals<a id="rfn35005008-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn35005008-1">*</a></h2> <div class="senseline"> <p class="slf"><span id="v35005008" class="ver">8</span>Blow the ram’s horn in Gibeah,</p> <p class="sl1">the trumpet in Ramah!</p> <p class="sl">Sound the alarm in Beth-aven:<a id="ren35005008-d" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en35005008-d">d</a></p> <p class="sl1">“Look behind you, Benjamin!”<a id="rfn35005008-2" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn35005008-2">*</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v35005009" class="ver">9</span>Ephraim shall become a wasteland</p> <p class="sl1">on the day of punishment:</p> <p class="sl">Among the tribes of Israel</p> <p class="sl1">I announce what is sure to be.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v35005010" class="ver">10</span>The princes of Judah have become</p> <p class="sl1">like those who move a boundary line;<a id="rfn35005010-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn35005010-1">*</a> <a id="ren35005010-e" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en35005010-e">e</a></p> <p class="sl">Upon them I will pour out</p> <p class="sl1">my wrath like water.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v35005011" class="ver">11</span>Ephraim is oppressed, crushed by judgment,</p> <p class="sl1">for he has willingly gone after filth!<a id="rfn35005011-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn35005011-1">*</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v35005012" class="ver">12</span>I am like a moth for Ephraim,<a id="ren35005012-f" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en35005012-f">f</a></p> <p class="sl1">like rot for the house of Judah.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v35005013" class="ver">13</span>When Ephraim saw his infirmity,</p> <p class="sl1">and Judah his sore,</p> <p class="sl">Ephraim went to Assyria,</p> <p class="sl1">and sent to the great king.<a id="rfn35005013-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn35005013-1">*</a> <a id="ren35005013-g" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en35005013-g">g</a></p> <p class="sl">But he cannot heal you,</p> <p class="sl1">nor take away your sore.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v35005014" class="ver">14</span>For I am like a lion to Ephraim,</p> <p class="sl1">like a young lion to the house of Judah;<a id="ren35005014-h" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en35005014-h">h</a></p> <p class="sl">It is I who tear the prey and depart,</p> <p class="sl1">I carry it away and no one can save it.<a id="ren35005014-i" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en35005014-i">i</a></p> </div> </section> <section> <h2 class="ah">Insincere Conversion</h2> <div class="senseline"> <p class="slf"><span id="v35005015" class="ver">15</span>I will go back to my place</p> <p class="sl1">until they make reparation</p> <p class="sl1">and seek my presence.</p> <p class="sl">In their affliction, they shall look for me.<a id="ren35005015-j" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en35005015-j">j</a></p> </div> </section> </section> <br /><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="intro.htm"><span class="ac">Book Introduction</span></a></h1><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="footnotes.htm"><span 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