Jer 5:7, Hos 11:8 | ESV | STEP | How can I pardon you ? Your children have forsaken me and have sworn by those who are no gods . When I fed them to the full , they committed adultery and trooped to the houses of whores .

Jeremiah 5:7

7 ^a“How can I pardon you?
Your children have forsaken me
^band have sworn by those who are no gods.
^cWhen I fed them to the full,
^dthey committed adultery
^eand trooped to the houses of whores.

Hosea 11:8

8 How can I give you up, O Ephraim?
How can I hand you over, O Israel?
^fHow can I make you ^glike Admah?
How can I treat you ^hlike Zeboiim?
ⁱMy heart recoils within me;
my compassion grows warm and tender.