7. “How can I forgive you? Your children have forsaken me, and they have sworn by those who are not gods. But I fed them to the full, and they committed adultery, and flocked to the house of a prostitute.
8. They were well-fed lusty horses, they neighed each to the wife of his neighbor.
9. Because of these things shall I not punish?” declares Yahweh, “and on a nation who is like this, shall I not take revenge?
10. Go up through her vineyards and destroy, but you must not make complete destruction. Remove her branches, for they are not to Yahweh.
11. For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have dealt utterly treacherously with me,” declares Yahweh.
12. “They have denied Yahweh, and have said, ‘Not he, for evil will not come on us, we will see neither sword nor famine.