<t /><p class="poetry">Although Ephraim has built many altars for sin offerings,p> <p class="poetry">these have become altars for sinning!p>

<p class="poetry">Israel has forgotten his Maker and built royal palaces,p> <p class="poetry">and Judah has built many fortified cities.p> <p class="poetry">But I will send fire on their cities;p> <p class="poetry">it will consume their royal citadels.p>

<t /><p class="poetry">Israel was a fertile vinep> <p class="poetry">that yielded fruit.p> <p class="poetry">As his fruit multiplied,p> <p class="poetry">he multiplied altars to Baal.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">As his land prospered,p> <p class="poetry">they adorned the fertility pillars.p>