8 “Blow^a the ram’s horn in Gibeah,
The trumpet in Ramah!
^bCry aloud at ^cBeth Aven,
‘Look behind you, O Benjamin!’ ‡

9 Ephraim shall be desolate in the day of rebuke;
Among the tribes of Israel I make known what is sure.

12 Therefore I will be to Ephraim like a moth,
And to the house of Judah ^alike rottenness. ‡

13 “When Ephraim saw his sickness,
And Judah saw his ^awound,
Then Ephraim went ^bto Assyria
And sent to King Jareb;
Yet he cannot cure you,
Nor heal you of your wound. ‡