Hosea 4:14-16

Complete Jewish Bible

¹⁴I won’t punish your daughters when they act like whores,
or your daughters-in-law when they commit adultery;
because the men are themselves going off with whores
and sacrificing with prostitutes.
Yes, a people without understanding
will come to ruin.”

¹⁵If you, Isra’el, prostitute yourself,
still Y’hudah has no need to incur such guilt.
Don’t go to Gilgal or up to Beit-Aven,
and don’t swear, “As Adonai lives.”
¹⁶For Isra’el is stubborn as a stubborn cow;
will Adonai now feed them like a lamb in a big pasture?

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