⁴ They are all adulterers,^(A)
    burning like an oven
whose fire the baker need not stir
    from the kneading of the dough till it rises.

¹² My people consult a wooden idol,^(A)
    and a diviner’s rod speaks to them.^(B)
A spirit of prostitution^(C) leads them astray;^(D)
    they are unfaithful^(E) to their God.

¹⁴ “I will not punish your daughters
    when they turn to prostitution,
nor your daughters-in-law
    when they commit adultery,
because the men themselves consort with harlots^(A)
    and sacrifice with shrine prostitutes^(B)—
    a people without understanding^(C) will come to ruin!^(D)

¹⁰ “When I found Israel,
    it was like finding grapes in the desert;
when I saw your ancestors,
    it was like seeing the early fruit^(A) on the fig^(B) tree.
But when they came to Baal Peor,^(C)
    they consecrated themselves to that shameful idol^(D)
    and became as vile as the thing they loved.