7They have been false to the Lord; they have given birth to strange children; now the new moon will make them waste with their fields.
8Let the horn be sounded in Gibeah and in Ramah; give a loud cry in Beth-aven, They are after you, O Benjamin.
9Ephraim will become a waste in the day of punishment; I have given knowledge among the tribes of Israel of what is certain.
10The rulers of Judah are like those who take away a landmark; I will let loose my wrath on them like flowing water.
11Ephraim is troubled; he is crushed by his judges, because he took pleasure in walking after deceit.
12And so to Ephraim I am like a wasting insect, and a destruction to the children of Judah.
13When Ephraim saw his disease and Judah his wound, then Ephraim went to Assyria and sent to the great king; but he is not able to make you well or give you help for your wound.