Verse 13
Hosea 4:13
Bible in Basic English
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They make offerings on the tops of mountains, burning perfumes in high places, under trees of every sort, because their shade is good: and so your daughters are given up to loose ways and your brides are false to their husbands.
Original Language Text
hebrew
עַל רָאשֵׁ֨י הֶ/הָרִ֜ים יְזַבֵּ֗חוּ וְ/עַל הַ/גְּבָעוֹת֙ יְקַטֵּ֔רוּ תַּ֣חַת אַלּ֧וֹן וְ/לִבְנֶ֛ה וְ/אֵלָ֖ה כִּ֣י ט֣וֹב צִלָּ֑/הּ עַל כֵּ֗ן תִּזְנֶ֨ינָה֙ בְּנ֣וֹתֵי/כֶ֔ם וְ/כַלּוֹתֵי/כֶ֖ם תְּנָאַֽפְנָה
English Translation
On the heads of the mountains they will sacrifice, and on the hills they will burn incense under the oak and the poplar and the terebinth, for its shade is good; therefore your daughters will play the harlot, and your daughters-in-law will commit adultery.
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