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HOSEA
[IV
And burn incense upon the hills,
Under oaks and poplars and elms,
Because the shadow thereof is good:
Therefore your daughters shall commit whoredom,
And your spouses shall commit adultery.
I will not punish your daughters when they commit whoredom,
Nor your spouses when they commit adultery:
For themselves are separated with whores,
And they sacrifice with harlots:
Therefore the people that doth not understand shall fall.
Though thou, Israel, play the harlot,
Yet let not Judah offend;
And come not ye unto Gilgal,
Neither go ye up to Beth-aven,
Nor swear, The Lord liveth.
For Israel slideth back as a backsliding heifer:
Now the Lord will feed them as a lamb in a large place.
Ephraim is joined to idols:
Let him alone.
Their drink is sour: they have committed whoredom continually:
Her rulers with shame do love, Give ye.
The wind hath bound her up in her wings,
And they shall be ashamed because of their sacrifices.

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