Hos 2:5, 9:1 | ESV | STEP | For their mother has played the whore ; she who conceived them has acted shamefully . For she said , I will go after my lovers , who give me my bread and my water , my wool and my flax , my oil and my drink .

Hosea 2:5

5 For ^atheir mother has played the whore;
she who conceived them has acted shamefully.
For ^bshe said, ‘I will go after my lovers,
who ^cgive me my bread and my water,
my wool and my flax, my oil and my drink.’

Hosea 9:1

The Lord Will Punish Israel

1 Rejoice not, O Israel!
Exult not like the peoples;
^dfor you have played the whore, forsaking your God.
^eYou have loved a prostitute’s wages
on all threshing floors.