Hos 4:12, Zec 13:2, 1Jo 4:6 | ESV | STEP | My people inquire of a piece of wood , and their walking staff gives them oracles . For a spirit of whoredom has led them astray , and they have left their God to play the whore .

a[Judg. 18:5]

b ch. 5:4; [ch. 2:2]

c[See ver. 1 above]

d Mic. 5:13; [Jer. 10:11; Ezek. 30:13]

e Ex. 23:13

f[ch. 10:2]

g[John 8:47; 10:16; 18:37; 1 Cor. 14:37]

h John 14:17; 15:26; 16:13

i[1 Cor. 2:12; 1 Tim. 4:1]

Hosea 4:12

12 My people ^ainquire of a piece of wood,
and their walking staff gives them oracles.
For ^ba spirit of whoredom has led them astray,
and they have left their God to play the whore.

Zechariah 13:2

Idolatry Cut Off

2 “And ^con that day, declares the Lord of hosts, ^dI will cut off the names of the idols from the land, so that ^ethey shall be remembered no more. And also ^fI will remove from the land the prophets and the spirit of uncleanness.

1 John 4:6

6 We are from God. ^gWhoever knows God listens to us; whoever is not from God does not listen to us. By this we know ^hthe Spirit of truth and ⁱthe spirit of error.