But because of your fame, you trusted in your beauty and played the harlot. You lavished your favors on everyone who passed by, and your beauty was theirs for the asking.
At the head of every street you built your lofty shrines and degraded your beauty. With increasing promiscuity, you spre
“For long ago you broke your yoke and tore off your chains, saying, ‘I will not serve!’ Indeed, on every high hill and u
Behind the door and doorpost you have set up your memorial. Forsaking Me, you uncovered your bed; you climbed up and ope
and they played in Egypt, prostituting themselves from their youth. Their breasts were fondled there, and their virgin b
Do not trust in deceptive words, saying: ‘This is the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD
When the LORD first spoke through Hosea, He told him, “Go, take a prostitute as your wife and have children of adultery,
She did not give up the prostitution she began in Egypt, when men slept with her in her youth, caressed her virgin bosom
See how the faithful city has become a harlot! She once was full of justice; righteousness resided within her, but now o
After seeking advice, the king made two golden calves and said to the people, “Going up to Jerusalem is too much for you
On that day you will not be put to shame for any of the deeds by which you have transgressed against Me. For then I will
This is what the Lord GOD says: Because you poured out your wealth and exposed your nakedness in your promiscuity with y
Thus they forsook the LORD, the God of their fathers, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt, and they followed a
And on her forehead a mysterious name was written: BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF PROSTITUTES AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS
Solomon followed Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians and Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.
“If a man divorces his wife and she leaves him to marry another, can he ever return to her? Would not such a land be com
They will eat but not be satisfied; they will be promiscuous but not multiply. For they have abandoned the LORD to give
All this happened because the people of Israel had sinned against the LORD their God, who had brought them out of the la
Her leaders judge for a bribe, her priests teach for a price, and her prophets practice divination for money. Yet they l
“Listen to this, O house of Jacob, you who are called by the name of Israel, who have descended from the line of Judah,
Her sister Oholibah saw this, yet in her lust and prostitution she was more depraved than her sister.
But they rebelled against Me and refused to listen. None of them cast away the abominations before their eyes, and they
And they took the daughters of these people in marriage, gave their own daughters to their sons, and served their gods.
While Israel was staying in Shittim, the men began to indulge in sexual immorality with the daughters of Moab,
For he rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had destroyed, and he raised up altars for Baal. He made an Ashe
So the next day they arose, offered burnt offerings, and presented peace offerings. And the people sat down to eat and d
But Jeshurun grew fat and kicked—becoming fat, bloated, and gorged. He abandoned the God who made him and scorned the Ro
And again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD. They served the Baals, the Ashtoreths, the gods of Aram, Sid
And do not presume to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I tell you that out of these stones God ca
but they mingled with the nations and adopted their customs.
If I tell the righteous man that he will surely live, but he then trusts in his righteousness and commits iniquity, then
Tell Tyre, who dwells at the gateway to the sea, merchant of the peoples on many coasts, that this is what the Lord GOD