Jer 5:7-8, 9:2, Hos 4:2, 12, Jam 4:4 | 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 5:7-8

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.
8 They were well-fed, lusty stallions,
^feach neighing ^gfor his neighbor’s wife.

Jeremiah 9:2

2 ^{▼▼Ch 9:1 in Hebrew} Oh that I had in the desert
a travelers’ lodging place,
that I might leave my people
and go away from them!
For they are all ⁱadulterers,
a company of ^jtreacherous men.

Hosea 4:2

2 ^kthere is swearing, lying, murder, stealing, and committing adultery;
they break all bounds, and ^lbloodshed follows bloodshed.

Hosea 4:12

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

James 4:4

4 ^oYou adulterous people! ^{▼▼Greek You adulteresses!} Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? ^qTherefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.