Hosea 4
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Hosea 4:8-13

8They feed on the sins of my people and relish their wickedness.

9And it will be: Like people, like priests. I will punish both of them for their ways and repay them for their deeds.

10“They will eat but not have enough; they will engage in prostitution but not flourish, because they have deserted the Lord to give themselves

11to prostitution; old wine and new wine take away their understanding.

12My people consult a wooden idol, and a diviner’s rod speaks to them. A spirit of prostitution leads them astray; they are unfaithful to their God.

13They 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.

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