Indifferent to her own infidelity, Israel had defiled the land and committed adultery with stones and trees.
say to a tree, ‘You are my father,’ and to a stone, ‘You gave me birth.’ They have turned their backs to Me and not thei
“Lift up your eyes to the barren heights and see. Is there any place where you have not been violated? You sat beside th
Your portion is among the smooth stones of the valley; indeed, they are your lot. Even to them you have poured out a dri
But they are altogether senseless and foolish, instructed by worthless idols made of wood!
I brought you into a fertile land to eat its fruit and bounty, but you came and defiled My land and made My inheritance
Woe to him who says to wood, ‘Awake!’ or to silent stone, ‘Arise!’ Can it give guidance? Behold, it is overlaid with gol
My people consult their wooden idols, and their divining rods inform them. For a spirit of prostitution leads them astra
They exposed her nakedness, seized her sons and daughters, and put her to the sword. Thus she became a byword among wome
You also took the fine jewelry of gold and silver I had given you, and you made male idols with which to prostitute your