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¹¹whoredom. Wine and new wine take away the understanding.

¹²My people consult a piece of wood, and their divining rod gives them oracles. For a spirit of whoredom has led them astray, and they have played the whore, forsaking their God. ¹³They sacrifice on the tops of the mountains, and make offerings upon the hills, under oak, poplar, and terebinth, because their shade is good. Therefore your daughters play the whore, and your daughters-in-law commit adultery. ¹⁴I will not punish your daughters when they play the whore, nor your daughters-in-law when they commit adultery; for the men themselves go aside with whores, and sacrifice with temple prostitutes; thus a people without understanding comes to ruin. ¹⁵Though you play the whore, O Israel, do not let Judah become guilty. Do not enter into Gilgal, or go up to Beth-aven, and do not swear, “As the Lord lives.” ¹⁶Like a stubborn heifer, Israel is stubborn; can the Lord now feed them like a lamb in a broad pasture? ¹⁷Ephraim is joined to idols— let him alone. ¹⁸When their drinking is ended, they indulge in sexual orgies; they love lewdness more than their glory. ¹⁹A wind has wrapped them in its wings, and they shall be ashamed because of their altars.