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Israel, your pride
    testifies to your guilt;
it makes you stumble,
    and Judah stumbles too.
You offer sheep and cattle
    as sacrifices to me,
but I have turned away
    and refuse to be found.
You have been unfaithful
    to me, your Lord;
you have had children
    by prostitutes.[a]
So at the New Moon Festival,
you and your crops
    will be destroyed.[b]

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  1. 5.7 prostitutes: See 4.14, and the note at 1.2.
  2. 5.7 So … destroyed: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.

Israel’s arrogance testifies(A) against them;
    the Israelites, even Ephraim, stumble(B) in their sin;
    Judah also stumbles with them.(C)
When they go with their flocks and herds
    to seek the Lord,(D)
they will not find him;
    he has withdrawn(E) himself from them.
They are unfaithful(F) to the Lord;
    they give birth to illegitimate(G) children.
When they celebrate their New Moon feasts,(H)
    he will devour[a](I) their fields.

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  1. Hosea 5:7 Or Now their New Moon feasts / will devour them and