Hosea 5:9-14

9Ephraim will become a wasteland when the time for punishment comes. I will make the truth known among the tribes of Israel.

10The leaders of Judah are like those who move boundary markers. I will pour my fury on them like water.

11Ephraim is oppressed—crushed by punishment, because its people are determined to chase idols.

12I will destroy Ephraim as a moth destroys clothing. I will destroy the nation of Judah as rot destroys wood.

13“When Ephraim saw that he was sick and when Judah saw his own wounds, Ephraim went to Assyria to ask the great king for help. But the king couldn’t cure them or heal their wounds.

14I will be like a lion to Ephraim and like a young lion to the nation of Judah. I will carry ⌞them⌟ off, and no one will rescue ⌞them⌟.