Hos 5:1-7

1Hear this, priests,

Pay attention, house of Israel,

Household of the king, give ear!^a

For you are responsible for judgment.^*

But you have been a snare at Mizpah,^*

a net spread upon Tabor,

2a pit dug deep in Shittim.

Now I will discipline them all.

3I know Ephraim,

and Israel is not hidden from me:

Now, Ephraim, you have practiced prostitution,

Israel is defiled.

4Their deeds do not allow them

to return to their God;^b

For the spirit of prostitution is in them,

and they do not know the LORD.

5The arrogance of Israel bears witness against him;

Israel and Ephraim stumble because of their iniquity,

and Judah stumbles with them.

6With their flocks and herds they will go

to seek the LORD, but will not find him;^c

he has withdrawn from them.

7They have betrayed the LORD,

for they have borne illegitimate children;

Now the new moon^* will devour them

together with their fields.