4:18 They consume their alcohol,
then engage in cult prostitution;
they dearly love their shameful behavior.
5:12 I will be like a moth to Ephraim,
like wood rot 1 to the house of Judah.
7:7 All of them are blazing like an oven;
they devour their rulers.
All of their kings fall –
and none of them call on me!
1 tn The noun רָקָב (raqav, “rottenness, decay”) refers to wood rot caused by the ravages of worms (BDB 955 s.v. רָקָב); cf. NLT “dry rot.” The related noun רִקָּבוֹן (riqqavon) refers to “rotten wood” (Job 41:27).