<p class="poetry">But the more I summoned<n id="1" /> them,p> <p class="poetry">the farther they departed from me.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">They sacrificed to the Baal idolsp> <p class="poetry">and burned incense to images.p>

<p class="poetry">They offer up sacrificial gifts to me,p> <p class="poetry">and eat the meat,p> <p class="poetry">but the <sc>Lordsc> does not accept their sacrifices.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Soon he will remember their wrongdoing,p> <p class="poetry">he will punish their sins,p> <p class="poetry">and they will return to Egypt.p>

<p class="poetry">Is there idolatry<n id="1" /> in Gilead?<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Certainly its inhabitants<n id="3" /> will come to nothing!<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">Do they sacrifice bulls in Gilgal?p> <p class="poetry">Surely their altars will be like stones heaped up on a plowed field!p>

<p class="poetry">They sacrifice on the mountaintops,p> <p class="poetry">and burn offerings on the hills;p> <p class="poetry">they sacrifice<n id="1" /> under oak, poplar, and terebinth,p> <p class="poetry">because their shade is so pleasant.p> <p class="poetry">As a result, your daughters have become cult prostitutes,p> <p class="poetry">and your daughters-in-law commit adultery!p>

<p class="poetry">I will not punish your daughters when they commit prostitution,p> <p class="poetry">nor your daughters-in-law when they commit adultery.p> <p class="poetry">For the men consort with harlots,p> <p class="poetry">they sacrifice with temple prostitutes.p> <p class="poetry">It is true:<n id="1" /> &#8220;A people that lacks understanding will come to ruin!&#8221;p>

<p class="poetry">Even now they persist in sin!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">They make metal images for themselves,p> <p class="poetry">idols that they skillfully fashion<n id="2" /> from their own silver;p> <p class="poetry">all of them are nothing but the work of craftsmen!p> <p class="poetry">There is a saying about them:<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;Those who sacrifice<n id="4" /> to the calf idol are calf kissers!&#8221;<n id="5" />p>