(A)The more they increased,
    the more they sinned against me;
    (B)I will change their glory into shame.
(C)They feed on the sin[a] of my people;
    they are greedy for their iniquity.
(D)And it shall be like people, like priest;
    I will punish them for their ways
    and repay them for their deeds.
10 (E)They shall eat, but not be satisfied;
    they shall play the whore, but not multiply,
because they have forsaken the Lord
    to cherish 11 whoredom, wine, and new wine,
    which (F)take away the understanding.
12 My people (G)inquire of a piece of wood,
    and their walking staff gives them oracles.
For (H)a spirit of whoredom has led them astray,
    and they have left their God to play the whore.
13 (I)They sacrifice on the tops of the mountains
    and burn offerings on the hills,
(J)under oak, poplar, and terebinth,
    because their shade is good.
Therefore your daughters play the whore,
    and your brides commit adultery.
14 I will not punish your daughters when they play the whore,
    nor your brides when they commit adultery;
for (K)the men themselves go aside with prostitutes
    and sacrifice with (L)cult prostitutes,
and a people (M)without understanding shall come to ruin.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 4:8 Or sin offering

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