⁸ “Sound the trumpet^(A) in Gibeah,^(B)
    the horn in Ramah.^(C)
Raise the battle cry in Beth Aven^[a];^(D)
    lead on, Benjamin.
⁹ Ephraim will be laid waste^(E)
    on the day of reckoning.^(F)
Among the tribes of Israel
    I proclaim what is certain.^(G)
10 Judah’s leaders are like those
    who move boundary stones.^(H)
I will pour out my wrath^(I) on them
    like a flood of water.
¹¹ Ephraim is oppressed,
    trampled in judgment,
    intent on pursuing idols.^[b](J)
12 I am like a moth^(K) to Ephraim,
    like rot^(L) to the people of Judah.

¹³ “When Ephraim^(M) saw his sickness,
    and Judah his sores,
then Ephraim turned to Assyria,^(N)
    and sent to the great king for help.^(O)
But he is not able to cure^(P) you,
    not able to heal your sores.^(Q)
14 For I will be like a lion^(R) to Ephraim,
    like a great lion to Judah.
I will tear them to pieces^(S) and go away;
    I will carry them off, with no one to rescue them.^(T)
15 Then I will return to my lair^(U)
    until they have borne their guilt^(V)
    and seek my face^(W)—
in their misery^(X)
    they will earnestly seek me.^(Y)”