1 Hear this, O priests!

Give heed, O house of Israel!

Hearken, O house of the king!

For the judgment pertains to you;

for you have been a snare at Mizpah,

and a net spread upon Tabor.

2 And they have made deep the pit of Shittim;p

but I will chastise all of them.

3 I know Ephraim,

and Israel is not hid from me;

for now, O Ephraim, you have played the harlot,

Israel is defiled.

4 Their deeds do not permit them

to return to their God.

For the spirit of harlotry is within them,

and they know not the Lord.

5 The pride of Israel testifies to his face;

Ephraimq shall stumble in his guilt;

Judah also shall stumble with them.

6 With their flocks and herds they shall go

to seek the Lord,

but they will not find him;

he has withdrawn from them.

7 They have dealt faithlessly with the Lord;

for they have borne alien children.

Now the new moon shall devour them with their fields.