¹⁰ I have seen a horrible^(A) thing in Israel:
    There Ephraim is given to prostitution,
    Israel is defiled.^(B)

¹¹ “Also for you, Judah,
    a harvest^(C) is appointed.

“Whenever I would restore the fortunes^(D) of my people,

¹⁵ “Though you, Israel, commit adultery,
    do not let Judah become guilty.

“Do not go to Gilgal;^(A)
    do not go up to Beth Aven.^[a](B)
    And do not swear, ‘As surely as the Lord lives!’^(C)

⁵ Israel’s arrogance testifies^(A) against them;
    the Israelites, even Ephraim, stumble^(B) in their sin;
    Judah also stumbles with them.^(C)

¹⁴ Israel has forgotten^(A) their Maker^(B)
    and built palaces;
    Judah has fortified many towns.
But I will send fire on their cities
    that will consume their fortresses.”^(C)

¹¹ Ephraim is a trained heifer
    that loves to thresh;
so I will put a yoke^(A)
    on her fair neck.
I will drive Ephraim,
    Judah must plow,
    and Jacob must break up the ground.

⁹ Ephraim will be laid waste^(A)
    on the day of reckoning.^(B)
Among the tribes of Israel
    I proclaim what is certain.^(C)
10 Judah’s leaders are like those
    who move boundary stones.^(D)
I will pour out my wrath^(E) on them
    like a flood of water.
¹¹ Ephraim is oppressed,
    trampled in judgment,
    intent on pursuing idols.^[a](F)
12 I am like a moth^(G) to Ephraim,
    like rot^(H) to the people of Judah.

¹³ “When Ephraim^(I) saw his sickness,
    and Judah his sores,
then Ephraim turned to Assyria,^(J)
    and sent to the great king for help.^(K)
But he is not able to cure^(L) you,
    not able to heal your sores.^(M)
14 For I will be like a lion^(N) to Ephraim,
    like a great lion to Judah.
I will tear them to pieces^(O) and go away;
    I will carry them off, with no one to rescue them.^(P)