11 whoredom⌋.l

Wine and new wine ⌊take away the understanding⌋.m

12 My people,

consult ⌊their wooden idols⌋,n

and their divining rod gives them oracles;

because a spirit of whoredom led them astray,

and they played the whore from under their God.o

13 On the tops of the mountains they sacrifice,

and on the hills they make offerings,

under oak, poplar, and terebinth,

because theirp shade is good.

Therefore your daughters play the whore,

and all your daughters-in-lawq commit adultery.

14 ⌊I will not punish your daughters⌋r when they play the whore,

or your daughters-in-laws when they commit adultery;

because they go aside with whores,

and they sacrifice with temple prostitutes,

a people that does not understand comes to ruin.

15 Even though you, O Israel, are playing the whore,

do not let Judah become guilty;

do not enter Gilgal,

or go up to Beth-aven;

and do not swear,

“⌊As Yahweh lives⌋!”t

16 Indeed, like a stubborn heifer,

Israel is stubborn;

Now Yahweh will feed them,

like a lamb in broad pasture.u

17 Ephraim is joined to idols;

let him alone.

18 When their drinking has ended,

they surely indulge in sexual orgies.

They love lewdness more than theirv glory.

19 A wind has wrapped themw in its wings,

and they will be ashamed because of their altars.