Hosea 5 - Christian Standard Bible（CSB）

1Hear this, priests! 

Pay attention, house of Israel!

Listen, royal house!

For the judgment applies to you

because you have been a snare at Mizpah 

and a net spread out on Tabor.

2Rebels  are deeply involved in slaughter; 

I will be a punishment for all of them. 

3I know Ephraim, 

and Israel is not hidden from me.

For now, Ephraim, 

you have acted promiscuously;

Israel is defiled.

4Their actions do not allow them

to return to their God, 

for a spirit of promiscuity is among them, 

and they do not know the  Lord. 

5Israel’s arrogance testifies against them.  ,

Both Israel and Ephraim stumble

because of their iniquity; 

even Judah will stumble with them. 

6They go with their flocks and herds

to seek the  Lord  

but do not find him; 

he has withdrawn from them. 

7They betrayed the  Lord; 

indeed, they gave birth to illegitimate children. 

Now the New Moon  will devour them

along with their fields. 

8Blow the ram’s horn in Gibeah, 

the trumpet in Ramah; 

raise the war cry in Beth-aven: 

Look behind you,  Benjamin! 

9Ephraim will become a desolation 

on the day of punishment; 

I announce what is certain

among the tribes of Israel. 

10The princes of Judah are like those

who move boundary markers; 

I will pour out my fury  on them like water. 

11Ephraim is oppressed, crushed in judgment, 

for he is determined to follow what is worthless. 

12So I am like rot to Ephraim 

and like decay to the house of Judah.

13When Ephraim saw his sickness

and Judah his wound,

Ephraim went to Assyria 

and sent a delegation to the great king.  ,

But he cannot cure you or heal your wound. 

14For I am like a lion to Ephraim 

and like a young lion to the house of Judah.

Yes, I will tear them to pieces and depart. 

I will carry them off,

and no one can rescue them. 

15I will depart and return to my place

until they recognize their guilt and seek my face; 

they will search for me in their distress.