5Hosea 5

Israel and Judah Will Be Judged / The said:

1Listen, you priests! Pay attention, Israel! Listen, you members of the royal family. Justice was your duty. But at Mizpah and Mount Tabor you trapped the people.Select Hosea 5:1

2At the place of worship you were a treacherous pit, and I will punish you.Select Hosea 5:2

3Israel, I know all about you, and because of your unfaithfulness, I find you unacceptable.Select Hosea 5:3

4Your evil deeds are the reason you won't return to me, your Lord God. And your constant craving for sex keeps you from knowing me.Select Hosea 5:4

5Israel, your pride testifies to your guilt; it makes you stumble, and Judah stumbles too.Select Hosea 5:5

6You offer sheep and cattle as sacrifices to me, but I have turned away and refuse to be found.Select Hosea 5:6

7You have been unfaithful to me, your Lord; you have had children by prostitutes. So at the New Moon Festival, you and your crops will be destroyed.Select Hosea 5:7

The Warns Israel and Judah

8Give a warning on the trumpet! Let it be heard in Gibeah, Ramah, and sinful Bethel. Benjamin, watch out!Select Hosea 5:8

9I, the Lord, will punish and wipe out Israel. This is my solemn promise to every tribe of Israel.Select Hosea 5:9

10Judah's leaders are like crooks who move boundary markers; that's why I will flood them with my anger.Select Hosea 5:10

11Israel was brutally crushed. They got what they deserved for worshiping useless idols.Select Hosea 5:11

12Now I, the Lord, will fill Israel with maggots and make Judah rot.Select Hosea 5:12

13When Israel and Judah saw their sickness and wounds, Israel asked help from Assyria and its mighty king. But the king cannot cure them or heal their wounds.Select Hosea 5:13

14So I'll become a fierce lion attacking Israel and Judah. I'll snatch and carry off what I want, and no one can stop me.Select Hosea 5:14

15Then I'll return to my temple until they confess their guilt and worship me, until they are desperate and beg for my help.Select Hosea 5:15