The Priests Are a Snare 1 Hear this, O priests! Give heed, O house of Israel! Listen, O house of the king! Because the judgment applies to you; because you…

A Call to Yahweh 1 Come, let us return to Yahweh; because it is he who has torn, and he will heal us; he has struck us down and will…

1 when I would heal Israel, and the corruption of Ephraim is revealed, and the wicked deeds of Samaria; because they deal in falsehood, the thief breaks in, and the…

Israel Rejects the Good 1 Put to your lips the trumpet like a vulture over the house of Yahweh, because they have broken my covenant and rebelled against my law….

Ephraim Faces Punishment 1 Do not rejoice, O Israel, do not exult like the nations! For you played the whore, departing from your God; you loved a harlot’s wage on…

Israel Is Punished 1 Israel is a luxuriant vine; he yields fruit for himself. The more his fruit increased, the more he made numerous altars. The more his land prospered,…

God Will Have Compassion 1 When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called my son. 2 When I calledthem, they went from my face….

1 Ephraim herds the wind and is pursuing the east wind all day long; he multiplies deception and violence and hemakes a treaty with Assyria, and oil is brought to…

Yahweh’s Judgment on Idolatrous Israel 1 When Ephraim spoke,there was terror; he was exalted in Israel, but he incurred guilt through Baal and died. 2 And now they sin again,…

Return to Yahweh 1 Return to Yahweh your God, O Israel, for you have stumbled because of your sin. 2 Take words with you, and return to Yahweh. Say to…