Hosea 5:1-7

1“Listen to this, you priests! Pay attention, nation of Israel! Open your ears, royal family! This is my decision about you. You set traps at Mizpah and spread out nets on Mount Tabor.

2You are deeply involved in sin. So I will punish all of you.

3I know Ephraim, and Israel isn’t a stranger to me. Now, Ephraim, you are acting like a prostitute, and Israel is unclean.

4“The wicked things that the people have done keep them from returning to their God. They have a spirit of prostitution, and they don’t know the Lord.

5The people of Israel’s arrogance testifies against them. Israel and Ephraim stumble because of their sins, and Judah stumbles with them.

6They go with their sheep and their cattle to search for the Lord, but they can’t find him. He has left them.

7They have been unfaithful to the Lord, because their children do not belong to him. Now their New Moon ⌞Festivals⌟ will devour them and their fields.