^7 (A)“How can I pardon you?
    Your children have forsaken me
    ^(B)and have sworn by those who are no gods.
^(C)When I fed them to the full,
    ^(D)they committed adultery
    ^(E)and trooped to the houses of whores.
⁸ They were well-fed, lusty stallions,
    ^(F)each neighing ^(G)for his neighbor's wife.
^9 (H)Shall I not punish them for these things?
declares the Lord;
    and shall I not avenge myself
    on a nation such as this?