Hosea 4:11-19

English Standard Version

     ¹¹whoredom, wine, and new wine,
    which ^(A)take away the understanding.
¹²My people ^(B)inquire of a piece of wood,
    and their walking staff gives them oracles.
For ^(C)a spirit of whoredom has led them astray,
    and they have left their God to play the whore.
¹³^(D)They sacrifice on the tops of the mountains
    and burn offerings on the hills,
^(E)under oak, poplar, and terebinth,
    because their shade is good.
Therefore your daughters play the whore,
    and your brides commit adultery.
¹⁴I will not punish your daughters when they play the whore,
    nor your brides when they commit adultery;
for ^(F)the men themselves go aside with prostitutes
    and sacrifice with ^(G)cult prostitutes,
and a people ^(H)without understanding shall come to ruin.

¹⁵Though you play the whore, O ^(I)Israel,
    let not ^(J)Judah become guilty.
^(K)Enter not into ^(L)Gilgal,
    nor go up to ^(M)Beth-aven,
    and swear not, “As the Lord lives.”
¹⁶Like a stubborn heifer,
    Israel is stubborn;
can the Lord now feed them
    like a lamb in a broad pasture?

¹⁷^(N)Ephraim is joined to idols;
    ^(O)leave him alone.
¹⁸When their drink is gone, they give themselves to whoring;
    ^(P)their rulers^[a] dearly love shame.
¹⁹^(Q)A wind has wrapped them^[b] in its wings,
    and they shall ^(R)be ashamed because of their sacrifices.