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13 On the tops of the mountains they sacrifice, and on the hills they burn incense, under oak and poplar and terebinth, because its shade is good. In this way your? daughters prostitute themselves, and your? brides commit adultery. 14 I will not visit punishment on your? daughters when they prostitute themselves, or on your? brides when they commit adultery; for they themselves go off with the prostitutes, and offer sacrifices with shrine prostitutes, and a people without understanding will be thrown down. 15 Though you prostitute yourself, O Israel, do not let Judah become guilty; and do not come to Gilgal, and do not go up to Beth-Aven, and do not swear an oath, ‘As YHWH lives.’ 16 For being stubborn like a heifer, Israel is stubborn; now will YHWH let them graze like a lamb in a broad pasture? 17 Ephraim is joined to idols; leave him alone! 18 Has turned aside their liquor, they engage in flagrant prostitution; her rulers dearly love love dishonor. 19 The wind has constrained her in its wings, and they will be ashamed of their sacrifices. Hosea 4:13-19, Berean Literal Bible. Public domain.
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