¹⁰ I have seen a horrible thing in the house of Israel:
There is the ^[a]harlotry of Ephraim;
Israel is defiled.

¹⁴ Also I have seen a horrible thing in the prophets of Jerusalem:
^(A)They commit adultery and walk in lies;
They also ^(B)strengthen the hands of evildoers,
So that no one turns back from his wickedness.
All of them are like ^(C)Sodom to Me,
And her inhabitants like Gomorrah.

¹⁰ For pass beyond the coasts of ^[a]Cyprus and see,
Send to ^[b]Kedar and consider diligently,
And see if there has been such a ^(A)thing.
^11 (B)Has a nation changed its gods,
Which are ^(C)not gods?
^(D)But My people have changed their Glory
For what does not profit.
¹² Be astonished, O heavens, at this,
And be horribly afraid;
Be very desolate,” says the Lord.
¹³ “For My people have committed two evils:
They have forsaken Me, the ^(E)fountain of living waters,
And hewn themselves cisterns—broken cisterns that can hold no water.

⁸ Who has heard such a thing?
Who has seen such things?
Shall the earth be made to give birth in one day?
Or shall a nation be born at once?
For as soon as Zion was in labor,
She gave birth to her children.

⁴ Again ^(A)I will build you, and you shall be rebuilt,
O virgin of Israel!
You shall again be adorned with your ^(B)tambourines,
And shall go forth in the dances of those who rejoice.