6. With their flock and with their herd, They go to seek Jehovah, and do not find, He hath withdrawn from them.
7. Against Jehovah they dealt treacherously, For strange sons they have begotten, Now consume them doth a month [with] their portions.
8. Blow ye a cornet in Gibeah, a trumpet in Ramah, Shout, O Beth-Aven, after thee, O Benjamin.
9. Ephraim is for a desolation in a day of reproof, Among the tribes of Israel I have made known a sure thing.
10. Princes of Judah have been as those removing a border, On them I do pour out as water My wrath.
11. Oppressed is Ephraim, broken in judgment, When he pleased he went after the command.
12. And I [am] as a moth to Ephraim, And as a rotten thing to the house of Judah.