12. “My people ask wooden idols for advice;they ask those sticks of wood to advise them!Like prostitutes, they have chased after other godsand have left their own God.
13. They make sacrifices on the tops of the mountains.They burn offerings on the hills,under oaks, poplars, and other trees,because their shade is nice.So your daughters become prostitutes,and your daughters-in-law are guilty of adultery.
14. “But I will not punish your daughtersfor becoming prostitutes,nor your daughters-in-lawfor their sins of adultery.I will not punish them,because the men have sexual relations with prostitutesand offer sacrifices with the temple prostitutes.A foolish people will be ruined.
15. “Israel, you act like a prostitute,but do not be guilty toward the Lord.Don’t go to Gilgalor go up to Beth Aven.Don’t make promises,saying, ‘As surely as the Lord lives …’
16. The people of Israel are stubbornlike a stubborn young cow.Now the Lord will feed themlike lambs in the open country.
17. The Israelites have chosen to worship idols,so leave them alone.
18. When they finish their drinking,they completely give themselves to being prostitutes;they love these disgraceful ways.
19. They will be swept away as if by a whirlwind,and their sacrifices will bring them only shame.