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Like people, like priest:(A)
    I will punish them for their ways,
    and repay them for their deeds.
10 They will eat but not be satisfied,(B)
    they will promote prostitution[a] but not increase,
Because they have abandoned the Lord,
    devoting themselves
11     to prostitution.
Aged wine and new wine
    take away understanding.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. 4:10–11 Prostitution: often a synonym for idolatry. The covenant bond was symbolized as the relationship between husband and wife (see chaps. 1–2). Thus, abandoning the Lord for a foreign god was called prostitution or adultery.

And it will be: Like people, like priests.(A)
    I will punish both of them for their ways
    and repay them for their deeds.(B)

10 “They will eat but not have enough;(C)
    they will engage in prostitution(D) but not flourish,
because they have deserted(E) the Lord
    to give themselves 11 to prostitution;(F)
old wine(G) and new wine
    take away their understanding.(H)

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