Hosea 5

shimu-zot hakkohanim vehaqshivu bet yisra'el uvet hammelekh ha'azinu ki lakhem hammishpat ki-fakh heyitem lemitspah vereshet perusah al-tavor

Hear this, O priests, Attend, O House of Israel, And give ear, O royal house; For right conduct is your responsibility! But you have been a snare to Mizpah And a net spread out over Tabor;

veshakhatah setim hemiqu va'ani musar lekhullam

For when trappers dug deep pitfalls, I was the only reprover of them all.

ani yadati efrayim veyisra'el lo-nikhkhad mimmenni ki attah hizneta efrayim nitma yisra'el

Yes, I have watched Ephraim, Israel has not escaped my notice: Behold, you have fornicated, O Ephraim; Israel has defiled himself!

lo yittenu ma'allehem lashuv el-elohehem ki ruakh zenunim beqirbam ve'et-Adonai lo yada'u

Their habits do not let them Turn back to their God; Because of the lecherous impulse within them, They pay no heed to GOD.

ve'anah ge'on-yisra'el befanayw veyisra'el ve'efrayim yikkashelu ba'avonam kashal gam-yehudah immam

Israel’s pride shall be humbled before his very eyes, As Israel and Ephraim fall because of their sin (And Judah falls with them).

betsonam uvivqaram yelekhu levaqqesh et-Adonai velo yimtsa'u khalats mehem

Then they will go with their sheep and cattle To seek GOD—whom they will not find. They have been cast off:

ba-Adonai bagadu ki-vanim zarim yaladu attah yokhelem khodesh et-khelqehem

[Because] they have broken faith with GOD, Because they have begotten Alien children. Therefore, the new moon Shall devour their portion.

tiqu shofar baggivah khatsotserah baramah hari'u bet aven akharekha binyamin

Sound a ram’s horn in Gibeah, A trumpet in Ramah; Give the alarm in Beth-aven; After you, Benjamin!

efrayim leshammah tihyeh beyom tokhekhah beshivte yisra'el hodati ne'emanah

Ephraim is stricken with horror On a day of chastisement. Against the tribes of Israel I proclaim certainties:

hayu sare yehudah kemassige gevul alehem eshpokh kammayim evrati

The officers of Judah have acted Like shifters of field boundaries; On them I will pour out My wrath like water.

ashuq efrayim retsuts mishpat ki ho'il halakh akhare-tsav

Ephraim is defrauded, Robbed of redress, Because he has witlessly Gone after futility.

va'ani kha'ash le'efrayim vekharaqav levet yehudah

For it is I who am like rot to Ephraim, Like decay to the House of Judah;

vayyar efrayim et-kholyo vihudah et-mezoro vayyelekh efrayim el-ashur vayyishlakh el-melekh yarev vehu lo yukhal lirpo lakhem velo-yigheh mikkem mazor

Yet when Ephraim became aware of his sickness, Judah of his sores, Ephraim repaired to Assyria— He sent envoys to a patron king! He will never be able to cure you, Will not heal you of your sores.

ki anokhi khashakhal le'efrayim vekhakkefir levet yehudah ani ani etrof ve'elekh essa ve'en matsil

No, I will be like a lion to Ephraim, Like a great beast to the House of Judah; I, I will attack and stride away, Carrying the prey that no one can rescue;

elekh ashuvah el-meqomi ad asher-yeshemu uviqshu fanay batsar lahem yeshakharunni

And I will return to My abode— Till they realize their guilt. In their distress, they will seek Me And beg for My favor.