My people ask their wooden idol, and their diviner’s wand declares to them; For a spirit of harlotry has led them astray, And they have played the harlot, departing from their God.

Ephraim is oppressed, crushed in judgment, Because he was determined to walk after man’s command.

In the house of Israel I have seen an appalling thing; Ephraim’s harlotry is there; Israel has defiled itself.