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Hosea 5:8-15

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8Blow the horn in Gibeah,

And the trumpet in Ramah.

Sound an alarm at Beth-aven:

“Behind you, Benjamin!”

9Ephraim will become a desolation in the day of rebuke;

Among the tribes of Israel I make known what is trustworthy.

10The leaders of Judah have become like those who displace a boundary marker;

On them I will pour out My anger like water.

11Ephraim is oppressed, broken by judgment,

Because he was determined to follow man’s command.

12Therefore I am like a moth to Ephraim,

And like rottenness to the house of Judah.

13When Ephraim saw his sickness,

And Judah his sore,

Ephraim then went to Assyria

And sent word to King Jareb.

But he is unable to heal you,

Or to cure you of your sore.

14For I will be like a lion to Ephraim

And like a young lion to the house of Judah.

I, yes I, will tear to pieces and go away,

I will carry away, and there will be no one to rescue.

15I will go away and return to My place

Until they acknowledge their guilt and seek My face;

In their distress they will search for Me.