1Hear ye this, O ye priests, And hearken, O house of Israel, And give ear, O house of the king! For judgment is coming upon you, Because ye have been a snare at Mizpah, And an outspread net upon Tabor.

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Hosea 9:8, Hosea 9:8, Hosea 6:9, Judges 4:6, Micah 3:9

2By their sacrifices they commit deep transgression, And I will bring chastisement upon them all.

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Hosea 9:15, Hosea 9:15, Isaiah 29:15, Isaiah 29:15, Hosea 6:9

3I know Ephraim, And Israel is not hidden from me; For thou committest fornication, O Ephraim, And Israel is defiled.

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Amos 3:2, Amos 3:2, Ezekiel 23:5, Ezekiel 23:21, Deuteronomy 33:17

4They will not frame their doings To return to their God; For a spirit of fornication is within them, And they have no regard to Jehovah.

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Hosea 4:12, Hosea 4:12, 1 John 2:3, 1 John 2:4, 1 John 2:3

5The pride of Israel testifieth to his face; Therefore shall Israel and Ephraim fall in their iniquity; Judah also shall fall with them.

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Hosea 7:10, Hosea 7:10, Ezekiel 23:31, Ezekiel 23:35, Amos 5:2

6With their flocks and with their herds shall they go to seek Jehovah, And shall not find him; He hath withdrawn himself from them.

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Proverbs 1:28, John 7:34, Micah 6:6, Micah 6:7, Proverbs 1:28

7They have been false to Jehovah, For they have begotten strange children; Now shall the new moon consume them with their possessions.

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Hosea 6:7, Hosea 6:7, Isaiah 48:8, Jeremiah 3:20, Isaiah 48:8

8Blow ye the trumpet in Gibeah, And the cornet in Ramah; Cry aloud at Bethaven! Look behind thee, O Benjamin!

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Hosea 9:9, Hosea 4:15, Hosea 9:9, Hosea 4:15, 1 Samuel 15:34

9Ephraim shall be desolate in the day of rebuke; Among the tribes of Israel do I make known what is sure.

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Hosea 9:11, Hosea 9:17, Zechariah 1:6, Isaiah 46:10, Hosea 9:11

10The princes of Judah are like them that remove the land mark; I will pour out my wrath upon them like water.

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Deuteronomy 19:14, Deuteronomy 19:14, Psalms 93:3, Psalms 93:4, Psalms 32:6

11Ephraim is oppressed; he is crushed with punishment, Because he willingly walked after the decree.

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Deuteronomy 28:33, Micah 6:16, Deuteronomy 28:33, Micah 6:16, 1 Kings 12:26

12I am as a moth to Ephraim, And as rottenness to the house of Judah.

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Isaiah 51:8, Isaiah 51:8, Job 13:28, Job 13:28, Mark 9:43

13When Ephraim saw his sickness, And Judah his wound, Then went Ephraim to the Assyrian, And Judah sent to the hostile king; But he will not be able to heal you, Nor will he cure you of your wound.

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Hosea 7:11, Hosea 7:11, Hosea 12:1, Hosea 10:6, Hosea 12:1

14For I will be as a lion to Ephraim, And as a young lion to the house of Judah. I, even I, will tear, and will depart; I will take away, and none shall rescue.

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Psalms 7:2, Micah 5:8, Psalms 7:2, Micah 5:8, Hosea 13:7

15I will go back to my place, Till they have suffered for their sin, and seek my face! In their affliction they will seek me early.

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Isaiah 26:16, Isaiah 26:16, Deuteronomy 4:29, Deuteronomy 4:31, Jeremiah 29:12