Leviticus 26:26
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
26 When I break your staff of bread, ten women will need but one oven for baking your bread, and they shall dole it out to you by weight;(A) and though you eat, you shall not be satisfied.
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Hosea 4:10
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
10 They will eat but not be satisfied,(A)
they will promote prostitution[a] but not increase,
Because they have abandoned the Lord,
devoting themselves
Footnotes
- 4:10–11 Prostitution: often a synonym for idolatry. The covenant bond was symbolized as the relationship between husband and wife (see chaps. 1–2). Thus, abandoning the Lord for a foreign god was called prostitution or adultery.
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