¹⁵ “‘But you trusted in your beauty and used your fame to become a prostitute. You lavished your favors on anyone who passed by^(A) and your beauty became his.^(B)

²⁵ At every street corner^(A) you built your lofty shrines and degraded your beauty, spreading your legs with increasing promiscuity to anyone who passed by.^(B)

³ They became prostitutes in Egypt,^(A) engaging in prostitution^(B) from their youth.^(C) In that land their breasts were fondled and their virgin bosoms caressed.^(D)

⁴ Do not trust^(A) in deceptive^(B) words and say, “This is the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord!”

Hosea’s Wife and Children

² When the Lord began to speak through Hosea, the Lord said to him, “Go, marry a promiscuous^(A) woman and have children with her, for like an adulterous wife this land is guilty of unfaithfulness^(B) to the Lord.”

⁸ She did not give up the prostitution she began in Egypt,^(A) when during her youth men slept with her, caressed her virgin bosom and poured out their lust on her.^(B)