13 At sacred places on the mountain tops they offer sacrifices, and on the hills they burn incense under tall, spreading trees, because the shade is so pleasant!“As a result, your daughters serve as prostitutes, and your daughters-in-law commit adultery.
14 Yet I will not punish them for this, because you yourselves go off with temple prostitutes, and together with them you offer pagan sacrifices. As the proverb says, ‘A people without sense will be ruined.’
15 “Even though you people of Israel are unfaithful to me, may Judah not be guilty of the same thing. Don't worship at Gilgal or Bethaven, or make promises there in the name of the living Lord.
16 The people of Israel are as stubborn as mules. How can I feed them like lambs in a meadow?
17 The people of Israel are under the spell of idols. Let them go their own way.
18 After drinking much wine, they delight in their prostitution, preferring disgrace to honour.
19 They will be carried away as by the wind, and they will be ashamed of their pagan sacrifices.