Hosea 4:13-15
New International Version - UK
13 They sacrifice on the mountaintops
and burn offerings on the hills,
under oak, poplar and terebinth,
where the shade is pleasant.
Therefore your daughters turn to prostitution
and your daughters-in-law to adultery.
14 ‘I will not punish your daughters
when they turn to prostitution,
nor your daughters-in-law
when they commit adultery,
because the men themselves consort with harlots
and sacrifice with shrine-prostitutes –
a people without understanding will come to ruin!
15 ‘Though you, Israel, commit adultery,
do not let Judah become guilty.
‘Do not go to Gilgal;
do not go up to Beth Aven.[a]
And do not swear, “As surely as the Lord lives!”
Footnotes
- Hosea 4:15 Beth Aven means house of wickedness (a derogatory name for Bethel, which means house of God).
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