Hosea 4:17-19

Contemporary English Version

¹⁷You people of Israel^[a]
are charmed by^[b] idols.
    Leave those people alone!
¹⁸You get drunk, then sleep
    with prostitutes;
you would rather be vulgar
    than lead a decent life.^[c]
¹⁹And so you will be swept away^[d]
in a whirlwind
    for sacrificing to idols.

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Footnotes

4.17 Israel: The Hebrew text has “Ephraim,” the leading tribe of the northern kingdom of Israel, which sometimes stands for the whole kingdom.
4.17 charmed by: Or “joined to.”
4.18 life: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text of verse 18.
4.19 And so … swept away: Or “And so you will be ashamed.”