Impending Judgment on Israel and Judah Hear this, O priests! Give heed, O house of Israel! Hearken, O house of the king! For the judgment pertains to you; for you have been a snare at Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor.
Coptic English (عن القبطية)
Hear these things, ye priests; and attend, O house of Israel; and hearken, O house of the king; for the controversy is with you, because ye have been a snare in Scopia, and as a net spread on Itabyrium,
The pride of Israel testifies to his face; E′phraim shall stumble in his guilt; Judah also shall stumble with them.
Coptic English (عن القبطية)
And the pride of Israel shall be brought low before his face; and Israel and Ephraim shall fall in their iniquities; and Judas also shall fall with them.
When E′phraim saw his sickness, and Judah his wound, then E′phraim went to Assyria, and sent to the great king. But he is not able to cure you or heal your wound.
Coptic English (عن القبطية)
And Ephraim saw his disease, and Judas his pain; then Ephraim went to the Assyrians, and sent ambassadors to king Jarim: but he could not heal you, and your pain shall in nowise cease from you.
For I will be like a lion to E′phraim, and like a young lion to the house of Judah. I, even I, will rend and go away, I will carry off, and none shall rescue.
Coptic English (عن القبطية)
Wherefore I am as a panther to Ephraim, and as a lion to the house of Juda: and I will tear, and go away; and I will take, and there shall be none to deliver.