Hos 5 | EngLXX | STEP | Hear these things, you⌃ priests; and attend, O house of Israel; and hearken, O house ofthe king; for the controversy is with you, because you⌃ have been a snare in Scopia, and as a net spreadon Itabyrium,

‏ Hosea 5

1 Hear these things, you⌃ priests; and attend, O house of Israel; and hearken, O house ofthe king; for the controversy is with you, because you⌃ have been a snare in Scopia, and as a net spreadon Itabyrium, 2 which they that hunt the prey have fixed: but I will correct you. 3 I know Ephraim, and Israel is not far from me: for now Ephraim has gone grievously a-whoring,Israel is defiled. 4 They have not framed their counsels to return to their God, for the spirit of fornicationis in them, and they have not known the Lord. 5 And the pride of Israel shall be brought low before his face; and Israel and Ephraim shallfall in their iniquities; and Judas also shall fall with them. 6 They shall go with sheep and calves diligently to seek the Lord; but they shall not findhim, for he has withdrawn himself from them. 7 For they have forsaken the Lord; for strange children have been born to them: now shallthe cankerworm devour them and their heritages. 8 Blow you⌃ the trumpet on the hills, sound aloud on the heights: proclaim in the houseof On, Benjamin is amazed. 9 Ephraim has come to nothing in the days of reproof: in the tribes of Israel I have shownfaithfuldealings. 10 The princes of Juda became as they that removed the bounds: I will pour out upon themmy fury as water. 11 Ephraim altogether prevailed against his adversary, he trod judgment under foot, forhe began to go after vanities. 12 Therefore Iwill be as consternation to Ephraim, and as a goad to the house of Juda. 13 And Ephraim saw his disease, and Judas his pain; then Ephraim went to the Assyrians,and sent ambassadors to king Jarim: but he could not heal you, and your pain shall in nowise cease fromyou. 14 Wherefore I am as a panther to Ephraim, and as a lion to the house of Juda: and I willtear, and go away; and I will take, and there shall be none to deliver. 15 I will go and return to my place, until they are brought to nothing, andthen shall they seek my face.