8. They feed on the sin of my people,and are greedy for their iniquity.
9. Like people, like priest:I will punish them for their ways,and repay them for their deeds.
10. They will eat but not be satisfied,they will promote prostitution but not increase,Because they have abandoned the Lord,devoting themselves
11. to prostitution.Aged wine and new winetake away understanding.
12. My people consult their piece of wood,and their wand makes pronouncements for them,For the spirit of prostitution has led them astray;they prostitute themselves, forsaking their God.
13. On the mountaintops they offer sacrificeand on the hills they burn incense,Beneath oak and poplar and terebinth,because of their pleasant shade.Therefore your daughters prostitute themselves,and your daughters-in-law commit adultery.
14. I will not punish your daughters for their prostitution,nor your daughters-in-law for their adultery,Because the men themselves consort with prostitutes,and with temple women they offer sacrifice!Thus a people without understanding comes to ruin.
15. Though you prostitute yourself, Israel,do not let Judah become guilty!Do not come to Gilgal,do not go up to Beth-aven,do not swear, “As the Lord lives!”
16. For like a stubborn cow,Israel is stubborn;Will the Lord now pasture them,like lambs in a broad meadow?
17. Ephraim is bound to idols,let him alone!
18. When their drinking is over,they give themselves to prostitution;they love shame more than their honor.