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Hosea 4:7-13 Good News Bible (GNB)

7. “The more of you priests there are, the more you sin against me, and so I will turn your honour into disgrace.

8. You grow rich from the sins of my people, and so you want them to sin more and more.

9. You will suffer the same punishment as the people! I will punish you and make you pay for the evil you do.

10. You will eat your share of the sacrifices, but still be hungry. You will worship the fertility gods, but still have no children, because you have turned away from me to follow other gods.”

11. The Lord says, “Wine, both old and new, is robbing my people of their senses!

12. They ask for revelations from a piece of wood! A stick tells them what they want to know! They have left me. Like a woman who becomes a prostitute, they have given themselves to other gods.

13. At sacred places on the mountain tops they offer sacrifices, and on the hills they burn incense under tall, spreading trees, because the shade is so pleasant!“As a result, your daughters serve as prostitutes, and your daughters-in-law commit adultery.