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V] : ye this, O priests;
 * And hearken, ye house of Israel;
 * And give ye ear, O house of the king;
 * For judgment is toward you,
 * Because ye have been a snare on Mizpah,
 * And a net spread upon Tabor.
 * And the revolters are profound to make slaughter,
 * Though I have been a rebuker of them all.
 * I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me:
 * For now, O Ephraim, thou committest whoredom, and Israel is defiled.
 * They will not frame their doings to turn unto their God:
 * For the spirit of whoredoms is in the midst of them,
 * And they have not known the Lord.
 * And the pride of Israel doth testify to his face:
 * Therefore shall Israel and Ephraim fall in their iniquity;
 * Judah also shall fall with them.
 * They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek the Lord;
 * But they shall not find him; he hath withdrawn himself from them.
 * They have dealt treacherously against the Lord:
 * For they have begotten strange children:
 * Now shall a month devour them with their portions.


 * Blow ye the cornet in Gibeah,
 * And the trumpet in Ramah: