She has not acknowledged that I was the one who gave her the grain, the new wine and oil, who lavished on her the silver and gold— which they used for Baal.

I will punish her for the days she burned incense to the Baals; she decked herself with rings and jewelry, and went after her lovers, but me she forgot,” declares the Lord.

I will remove the names of the Baals from her lips; no longer will their names be invoked.

“When I found Israel, it was like finding grapes in the desert; when I saw your ancestors, it was like seeing the early fruit on the fig tree. But when they came to Baal Peor, they consecrated themselves to that shameful idol and became as vile as the thing they loved.

But the more they were called, the more they went away from me. They sacrificed to the Baals and they burned incense to images.

The Lord’s Anger Against Israel

When Ephraim spoke, people trembled; he was exalted in Israel. But he became guilty of Baal worship and died.