Hosea 4:12-19

12My people consult their wooden idols, and their divining rods inform them. For a spirit of promiscuity leads them astray; they act promiscuously in disobedience to their God.

13They sacrifice on the mountaintops, and they burn offerings on the hills, and under oaks, poplars, and terebinths, because their shade is pleasant. And so your daughters act promiscuously and your daughters-in-law commit adultery.

14I will not punish your daughters when they act promiscuously or your daughters-in-law when they commit adultery, for the men themselves go off with prostitutes and make sacrifices with cult prostitutes. People without discernment are doomed.

15Israel, if you act promiscuously, don’t let Judah become guilty! Do not go to Gilgal or make a pilgrimage to Beth-aven, and do not swear an oath: As the Lord lives!

16For Israel is as obstinate as a stubborn cow. Can the Lord now shepherd them like a lamb in an open meadow?

17Ephraim is attached to idols; leave him alone!

18When their drinking is over, they turn to promiscuity. Israel’s leaders fervently love disgrace.

19A wind with its wings will carry them off, and they will be ashamed of their sacrifices.