Hear ye this, O priests, and hearken, O ye house of Israel, and give ear, O house of the king: for there is a judgment against you, because you have been a snare to them whom you should have watched over and a net spread upon Thabor. 2And you have turned aside victims into the depth and I am the teacher of them all. 3I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me for now Ephraim hath committed fornication, Israel is defiled. 4They will not set their thoughts to return to their God: for the spirit of fornication is in the midst of them, and they have not known the Lord. 5And the pride of Israel shall answer in his face: and Israel, and Ephraim shall fall in their iniquity, Juda also shall fall with them. 6With their flocks and with their herds, they shall go to seek the Lord, and shall not find him: he is withdrawn from them. 7They have transgressed against the Lord: for they have begotten children that are strangers: now shall a month devour them with their portions.