Hosea 4:15
Berean Standard Bible
Though you prostitute yourself, O Israel, may Judah avoid such guilt! Do not journey to Gilgal, do not go up to Beth-aven,* and do not swear on oath, ‘As surely as the LORD lives!’
Context
13They sacrifice on the mountaintops
and burn offerings on the hills,
under oak, poplar, and terebinth,
because their shade is pleasant.
And so your daughters turn to prostitution
and your daughters-in-law to adultery. 14I will not punish your daughters
when they prostitute themselves,
nor your daughters-in-law
when they commit adultery.
For the men themselves go off with prostitutes
and offer sacrifices with shrine prostitutes.
So a people without understanding
will come to ruin. 15Though you prostitute yourself, O Israel,
may Judah avoid such guilt!
Do not journey to Gilgal,
do not go up to Beth-aven,*
and do not swear on oath,
‘As surely as the LORD lives!’ 16For Israel is as obstinate
as a stubborn heifer.
Can the LORD now shepherd them
like lambs in an open meadow? 17Ephraim * is joined to idols;
leave him alone!
English text: Berean Standard Bible (BSB). English audio: Berean Standard Audio Bible.