But as a wife that committeth adultery, which taketh strangers instead of her husband!

Ephraim shall say, What have I to do any more with idols? I have heard him, and observed him: I am like a green fir tree. From me is thy fruit found.

וֽ͏ַיַּעֲמֹ֞ד עֶזְרָ֣א הַסֹּפֵ֗ר עַֽל־ מִגְדַּל־ עֵץ֮ אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשׂ֣וּ לַדָּבָר֒ וַיַּֽעֲמֹ֣ד אֶצְל֡וֹ מַתִּתְיָ֡ה וְשֶׁ֡מַע וַ֠עֲנָיָה וְאוּרִיָּ֧ה וְחִלְקִיָּ֛ה וּמַעֲשֵׂיָ֖ה ע...

Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet:

That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,

Wherefore I gave them also statutes that were not good, and judgments whereby they should not live;

Which stood only in meats and drinks, and divers washings, and carnal ordinances, imposed on them until the time of reformation.