Hosea 4:7-14

English Standard Version

^7 (A)The more they increased,
    the more they sinned against me;
    ^(B)I will change their glory into shame.
^8 (C)They feed on the sin^[a] of my people;
    they are greedy for their iniquity.
^9 (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.