Therefore have I poured out mine indignation upon them; I have consumed them with the fire of my wrath: their own way have I brought upon their heads, saith the Lord Jehovah.\par
How canst thou say, I am not defiled, I have not gone after the Baalim? see thy way in the valley, know what thou hast done: {\i thou art} a swift dromedary traversing her ways;
And he said unto me, Son of man, I send thee to the children of Israel, to nations that are rebellious, which have rebelled against me: they and their fathers have transgressed against me even unto this very day.
And thou didst take of thy garments, and madest for thee high places decked with divers colors, and playedst the harlot upon them: {\i the like things} shall not come, neither shall it be {\i so}.
When Jehovah spake at the first by Hosea, Jehovah said unto Hosea, Go, take unto thee a wife of whoredom and children of whoredom; for the land doth commit great whoredom, {\i departing} from Jehovah.
My people ask counsel at their stock, and their staff declareth unto them; for the spirit of whoredom hath caused them to err, and they have played the harlot, {\i departing} from under their God.