1 “Listen to this, you priests!
2 You are deeply involved in sin.
3 I know Ephraim,
4 “The wicked things that the people have done
5 The people of Israel’s arrogance testifies against them.
6 They go with their sheep and their cattle to search for the Lord,
7 They have been unfaithful to the Lord,
8 “Blow the ram’s horn in Gibeah.
9 Ephraim will become a wasteland
10 The leaders of Judah are like those who move boundary markers.
11 Ephraim is oppressed—crushed by punishment,
12 I will destroy Ephraim as a moth destroys clothing.
13 “When Ephraim saw that he was sick
14 I will be like a lion to Ephraim
15 I will go back to my place until they admit that they are guilty.