<p class="poetry">There is only cursing, lying, murder, stealing, and adultery.p> <p class="poetry">They resort to violence and bloodshed.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">They are all like bakers,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">they<n id="2" /> are like a smoldering oven;p> <p class="poetry">they are like a baker who does not stoke the firep> <p class="poetry">until the kneaded dough is ready for baking.p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">The <sc>Lordsc> said to me, &#8220;Go, show love to<n id="1" /> your wife<n id="2" /> again, even though she loves<n id="3" /> another man<n id="4" /> and continually commits adultery.<n id="5" /> Likewise, the <sc>Lordsc> loves<n id="6" /> the Israelites<n id="7" /> although they turn to other gods and love to offer raisin cakes to idols.&#8221;<n id="8" />

<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>