8. They feed on the sin of My people; they have an appetite for their transgressions.
9. The same judgment will happento both people and priests. I will punish them for their ways and repay them for their deeds.
10. They will eat but not be satisfied; they will be promiscuous but not multiply.For they have abandoned their devotion to the Lord.
11. Promiscuity, wine, and new winetake away one’s understanding.
12. My 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.
13. They 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 promiscuouslyand your daughters-in-law commit adultery.
14. I will not punish your daughterswhen they act promiscuouslyor your daughters-in-lawwhen they commit adultery,for the men themselves go off with prostitutes and make sacrifices with cult prostitutes. People without discernment are doomed.
15. Israel, 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!
16. For Israel is as obstinate as a stubborn cow. Can the Lord now shepherd themlike a lamb in an open meadow?
17. Ephraim is attached to idols; leave him alone!
18. When their drinking is over,they turn to promiscuity.Israel’s leaders fervently love disgrace.
19. A wind with its wings will carry them off, and they will be ashamed of their sacrifices.