13 They offer sacrifices on the (A)tops of the mountains
And [a](B)burn incense on the hills,
(C)Under oak, poplar, and terebinth,
Because their shade is pleasant.
Therefore your daughters play the prostitute,
And your [b]brides commit adultery.

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  1. Hosea 4:13 Or offer sacrifices
  2. Hosea 4:13 Or daughters-in-law

13 They sacrifice on the mountaintops
    and burn offerings on the hills,
under oak,(A) poplar and terebinth,
    where the shade is pleasant.(B)
Therefore your daughters turn to prostitution(C)
    and your daughters-in-law to adultery.(D)

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The more [a](A)they called them,
The more they went away from [b]them;
They kept (B)sacrificing to the Baals
And (C)burning incense to idols.

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  1. Hosea 11:2 I.e., God’s prophets
  2. Hosea 11:2 I.e., God’s prophets

But the more they were called,
    the more they went away from me.[a](A)
They sacrificed to the Baals(B)
    and they burned incense to images.(C)

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  1. Hosea 11:2 Septuagint; Hebrew them