14. I will not punish your daughters when they play the whore,nor your brides when they commit adultery;for the men themselves go aside with prostitutesand sacrifice with cult prostitutes,and a people without understanding shall come to ruin.
15. Though you play the whore, O Israel,let not Judah become guilty. Enter not into Gilgal,nor go up to Beth-aven,and swear not, “As the Lord lives.”
16. Like a stubborn heifer,Israel is stubborn;can the Lord now feed themlike a lamb in a broad pasture?
17. Ephraim is joined to idols; leave him alone.
18. When their drink is gone, they give themselves to whoring; their rulers dearly love shame.
19. A wind has wrapped them in its wings,and they shall be ashamed because of their sacrifices.