PROSTITUTION continue...

Hosea 4 :   1) GOD's judgments against the sins of the people,   6) and of the priests,   12) and
                  against their idolatry.   15) Judah is exhorted to take warning by Israel's calamity.
1 :    HEAR THE WORD OF THE LORD, you children of ISRAEL : FOR THE LORD HAS A
        CONTROVERSY WITH THE INHABITANTS OF THE LAND,  BECAUSE THERE IS
        NO TRUTH( no good faith, no loyalty),  NOR MERCY,  NOR KNOWLEDGE OF GOD IN
        IN THE LAND.
2 :    PEOPLE SWEAR OATHS AND BREAK THEM (swearing and lying); THEY KILL AND
        ROB and COMMIT ADULTERY;  THERE IS VIOLENCE,  ONE DEED OF BLOOD
        AFTER ANOTHER.
3 :    THEREFORE THE LAND WILL BE DESOLATE AND ALL WHO LIVE IN IT WILL
        LANGUISH,  WITH THE WILD BEASTS AND THE BIRDS OF THE AIR;  EVEN THE
        FISH WILL VANISH FROM THE SEA.
4 :    BUT IT IS NOT FOR MANKIND TO BRING CHARGES,  NOT FOR THEM TO PROVE
        A CASE;  IT IS MY QUARREL,   ANND IT IS WITH YOU,   THE PRIEST.
5 :    THEREFORE YOU SHALL FALL IN THE DAY,   AND THE PROPHET WITH YOU
        ALSO SHALL FALL IN THE NIGHT,   AND I WILL DESTROY YOUR MOTHER.
6 :    MY PEOPLE ARE DESTROYED FOR LACK OF KNOWLEDGE ; BECAUSE YOU HAS
        REJECTED KNOWLEDGE,  I WILL ALSO REJECT YOU,   THAT YOU SHALL BE NO
        PRIEST TO ME;   SEEING THAT YOU HAVE FORGOTTEN THE LAW OF YOUR GOD,
        I WILL ALSO FORGET YOUR CHILDREN.
7 :    AS THEY ( the priests) WERE INCREASED, SO THEY SINNED AGAINST ME;  therefore
        I WILL CHANGE THEIR GLORY INTO SHAME.
8 :    THEY (the priests) EAT UP THE SIN OF MY PEOPLE, and THEY SET THEIR HEART
        ON THEIR INIQUITY.
9 :    And THERE SHALL BE,  LIKE PEOPLE,   LIKE PRIEST;  and  I WILL PUNISH THEM
        FOR THEIR WAYS, and REPAY THEM FOR THEIR DEEDS.
10 :   THEY WILL EAT BUT NEVER BE SATISFIED,  RESORT TO PROSTITUTES AND
         NEVER HAVE CHILDREN (they shall not increase),  FOR THEY HAVE ABANDONED
        THE LORD
11 :   TO GIVE THEMSELVES TO IMMORALITY.
          WINE,   old and new,      STEALS MY PEOPLE'S  WITS;
12 :   MY PEOPLE ASK COUNSEL AT THEIR STOCKS ( from a piece of wood), AND ACCEPT
         THE GUIDANCE OF THE DIVINER's  WAND (their staff declared unto them);
         FOR A SPIRIT OF PROMISCUITY HAS LED THEM ASTRAY (for the spirit of whoredoms
         have caused them to err) AND THEY ARE UNFAITHFUL TO THEIR GOD.
13 :   THEY SACRIFICE UPON THE TOPS OF THE MOUNTAINS, and BURN INCENSE UP-
         ON THE HILLS,  UNDER OAKS and POPLARS and ELMS, BECAUSE THE SHADOW
         THEREOF IS GOOD.
         THAT IS WHY YOUR DAUGHTERS TURN TO PROSTITUTION AND YOUR SPOU-
         SES SHALL COMMIT ADULTERY.
14 :   I SHALL NOT PUNISH YOUR DAUGHTERS FOR BECOMING PROSTITUTES, NOR
         YOUR SPOUSES WHEN THEY COMMIT ADULTERY,     BECAUSE YOUR MEN
         RESORT TO WHORES AND SACRIFICE WITH TEMPLE-PROSTITUTES.
         A PEOPLE SO DEVOID OF UNDERSTANDING COMES TO GRIEF.