1. Hear this, you priests! Pay attention, you Israelites! Listen closely, O king! For judgment is about to overtake you! For you were like a trap to Mizpah, like a net spread out to catch Tabor.
2. Those who revolt are knee-deep in slaughter,but I will discipline them all.
3. I know Ephraim all too well; the evil of Israel is not hidden from me.For you have engaged in prostitution, O Ephraim; Israel has defiled itself.
4. Their wicked deeds do not allow them to return to their God;because a spirit of idolatry controls their heart, and they do not acknowledge the Lord.