Hearשִׁמְעוּthis,זֹאתpriests,הַכֹּהֲנִיםand pay attention,וְהַקְשִׁיבוּhouseבֵּיתof Israel;יִשְׂרָאֵלand houseוּבֵיתof the king,הַמֶּלֶךְgive ear;הַאֲזִינוּforכִּיthe judgmentהַמִּשְׁפָּטis for you;לָכֶםforכִּיyou have beenהֱיִיתֶםa snareפַחat Mizpah,לְמִצְפָּהand a netוְרֶשֶׁתspreadפְּרוּשָׂהoverעַלTabor.תָּבוֹר
And in slaughterוְשַׁחֲטָהthe rebelsשֵׂטִיםhave gone deep;הֶעְמִיקוּbut Iוַאֲנִיam disciplineמוּסָרfor all of them.לְכֻלָּם
IאֲנִיknowיָדַעְתִּיEphraim,אֶפְרַיִםand Israelוְיִשְׂרָאֵלis notלֹאhiddenנִכְחַדfrom me;מִמֶּנִּיforכִּיnowעַתָּהyou have prostituted yourself,הִזְנֵיתָEphraim;אֶפְרַיִםIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵלis defiled.נִטְמָא
Their deedsמַעַלְלֵיהֶםdo notלֹאallow themיִתְּנוּto returnלָשׁוּבto their Elohim,אֶל אֱלֹהֵיהֶםforכִּיa spiritרוּחַof prostitutionsזְנוּנִיםis in their midst,בְּקִרְבָּםand YHWHוְ יְהוָהthey do notלֹאknow.יָדָעוּ
And the prideוְ גְאוֹןof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלtestifiesעָנָהto his face;בְּפָנָיוand Israelוְיִשְׂרָאֵלand Ephraimוְאֶפְרַיִםwill stumbleיִכָּשְׁלוּin their iniquity;בַּעֲוֺנָםJudahיְהוּדָהalsoגַּםwill stumbleכָּשַׁלwith them.עִמָּם
With their flocksבְּצֹאנָםand with their herdsוּבִבְקָרָםthey will goיֵלְכוּto seekלְבַקֵּשׁYHWH,יְהוָהbut they will notוְלֹאfind him;יִמְצָאוּhe has withdrawnחָלַץfrom them.מֵהֶם
Against YHWHבַּיהוָהthey have acted treacherously,בָּגָדוּforכִּיthey have fatheredיָלָדוּstrangeזָרִיםchildren;בָנִיםnowעַתָּהthe new moonחֹדֶשׁwill devour themיֹאכְלֵםwith their portions.אֶת חֶלְקֵיהֶם
Blowתִּקְעוּthe hornשׁוֹפָרin Gibeah,בַּגִּבְעָהthe trumpetחֲצֹצְרָהin Ramah;בָּרָמָהsound the alarmהָרִיעוּat Beth-aven:בֵּית אָוֶן“After you,אַחֲרֶיךָBenjamin.”בִּנְיָמִין
Ephraimאֶפְרַיִםwill becomeתִהְיֶהa desolationלְשַׁמָּהon the dayבְּיוֹםof rebuke;תּוֹכֵחָהamong the tribesבְּשִׁבְטֵיof IsraelיִשְׂרָאֵלI have made knownהוֹדַעְתִּיwhat is sure.נֶאֱמָנָה
The princesשָׂרֵיof Judahיְהוּדָהhave becomeהָיוּlike those who moveכְּמַסִּיגֵיa boundary;גְּבוּלupon themעֲלֵיהֶםI will pour outאֶשְׁפּוֹךְlike waterכַּמַּיִםmy wrath.עֶבְרָתִי
Ephraimאֶפְרַיִםis oppressed,עָשׁוּקcrushedרְצוּץin judgment,מִשְׁפָּטforכִּיhe was determinedהוֹאִילto goהָלַךְafterאַחֲרֵיthe command.צָו
And Iוַאֲנִיwill be like a mothכָעָשׁto Ephraim,לְאֶפְרָיִםand like rotוְכָרָקָבto the houseלְבֵיתof Judah.יְהוּדָה
And Ephraimאֶפְרַיִםsawוַיַּרְאhis sickness,חָלְיוֹand Judahוִיהוּדָהhis wound;מְזֹרוֹand Ephraimאֶפְרַיִםwentוַיֵּלֶךְto Assyria,אֶל אַשּׁוּרand sentוַיִּשְׁלַחto Kingאֶל מֶלֶךְJareb;יָרֵבbut heוְהוּאcannotלֹא יוּכַלhealלִרְפֹּאyou,לָכֶםand he will notוְלֹאcureיִגְהֶהyouמִכֶּםof your wound.מָזוֹר
ForכִּיIאָנֹכִיwill be like a fierce lionכַשַּׁחַלto Ephraim,לְאֶפְרַיִםand like a young lionוְכַכְּפִירto the houseלְבֵיתof Judah;יְהוּדָהI,אֲנִיIאֲנִיwill tearאֶטְרֹףand go away;וְאֵלֵךְI will carry off,אֶשָּׂאand there will be noוְאֵיןone to rescue.מַצִּיל
I will go away,אֵלֵךְI will returnאָשׁוּבָהto my place,אֶל מְקוֹמִיuntilעַד אֲשֶׁרthey acknowledge their guiltיֶאְשְׁמוּand seekוּבִקְשׁוּmy face;פָנָיin their distressבַּצַּר לָהֶםthey will seek me earnestly.יְשַׁחֲרֻנְנִי