Rotherham - Hosea - 5

5:1  Hear ye this—O priests, and attend, O house of Israel, and ye, House of the King, give ear, for, to you, pertaineth the sentence,—for, a snare, have ye been to Mizpah, and a net spread on Tabor.

5:2  And, a slaughter, have apostates deeply designed,—though, I, was a rebuker to them all.

5:3  I, have known Ephraim, and, Israel, hath not been hidden from me,—for, now, hast thou committed unchastity, O Ephraim, Israel, hath made himself impure.

5:4  Their doings, will not suffer, them to return unto their God,—for, the spirit of unchastity, is within them, and, Yahweh, have they not known.

5:5  Therefore will the Excellency of Israel, answer, to his face,—and, Israel and Ephraim, shall stumble in their iniquity, even Judah with them, hath stumbled.

5:6  With their flocks and with their herds, will they go to seek Yahweh, but shall not find him; he hath withdrawn himself from them.

5:7  With Yahweh, have they dealt treacherously, for, to alien children, have they given birth,—now, a new moon, shall devour them, with their portions.

5:8  Blow ye a horn in Gibeah, a trumpet in Ramah,—sound an alarm at Beth-aven, behind thee, O Benjamin!

5:9  Ephraim, shall become, a desolation, in the day of rebuke: Throughout the tribes of Israel, have I hide known what is sure.

5:10  The rulers of Judah have become as they who remove a land-mark. Upon them, will I pour out, like water, my wrath.

5:11  Oppressed, is Ephraim, crushed in judgment,—because he hath, wilfully, walked after falsehood.

5:12  But, I, was like a moth, to Ephraim,—and like rotten wood to the house of Judah.

5:13  When Ephraim, saw, his injury, and Judah his wound, then went Ephraim unto Assyria, and [Judah] sent unto a hostile king,—yet, he, cannot heal you, nor will the wound, remove from you.

5:14  For, I, will be as a lion unto Ephraim, and as a young lion to the house of Judah,—I, I, will tear in pieces, and depart, I will carry off, and none be able to rescue.

5:15  I will depart, will return unto my place! till what time they acknowledge their guilt, and seek my face,—In their trouble, will they make for me diligent search.