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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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