13 Your gods are indeed as numerous as your cities, Judah,(A) and the altars you have set up to Shame[a](B)—altars to burn incense to Baal—as numerous as the streets of Jerusalem.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 11:13 = Baal

13 You, Judah, have as many gods(A) as you have towns;(B) and the altars you have set up to burn incense(C) to that shameful(D) god Baal are as many as the streets of Jerusalem.’

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18 When their drinking is over,
they turn to promiscuity.
Israel’s leaders[a] fervently love disgrace.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 4:18 Lit Her shields; Ps 47:9; 89:18
  2. Hosea 4:18 Hb obscure

18 Even when their drinks are gone,
    they continue their prostitution;
    their rulers dearly love shameful ways.

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