Hosea 4:14-16

Holman Christian Standard Bible

¹⁴ I will not punish your daughters
when they act promiscuously
or your daughters-in-law
when they commit adultery,
for the men themselves go off with prostitutes^(A)
and make sacrifices with cult prostitutes.^(B)
People without discernment are doomed.^(C)

¹⁵ Israel, if you act promiscuously,
don’t let Judah become guilty!
Do not go to Gilgal^(D)
or make a pilgrimage to Beth-aven,^[a](E)
and do not swear an oath: As the Lord lives!^(F)
16 For Israel is as obstinate as a stubborn cow.^(G)
Can the Lord now shepherd them
like a lamb in an open meadow?^(H)