And she did not know that it was I who gave her the grain, the wine, and the oil, and who lavished on her silver and gold, which they used for Baal.

And I will punish her for the feast days of the Baals when she burned offerings to them and adorned herself with her ring and jewelry, and went after her lovers and forgot me, declares the Lord.

“And in that day, declares the Lord, you will call me ‘My Husband,’ and no longer will you call me ‘My Baal.’

For I will remove the names of the Baals from her mouth, and they shall be remembered by name no more.

Like grapes in the wilderness, I found Israel. Like the first fruit on the fig tree in its first season, I saw your fathers. But they came to Baal-peor and consecrated themselves to the thing of shame, and became detestable like the thing they loved.

The more they were called, the more they went away; they kept sacrificing to the Baals and burning offerings to idols.

The Lord's Relentless Judgment on Israel

When Ephraim spoke, there was trembling; he was exalted in Israel, but he incurred guilt through Baal and died.