Hosea 2:5
For their mother has played the harlot
What it says
Their mother has played the harlot, believing her lovers supplied her food, clothing, oil, and drink.
What it is doing
This verse names Israel's false dependence on idols and alliances.
In context
1“Say of your brothers, ‘My people,’ 2Rebuke your mother, 3Otherwise, I will strip her naked 4I will have no compassion on her children, 5For their mother has played the harlot 6Therefore, behold, 7She will pursue her lovers but not catch them; 8For she does not acknowledge 9Therefore I will take back My grain in its time 10And then I will expose her lewdness 11I will put an end to all her exultation: 12I will destroy her vines and fig trees, 13I will punish her for the days of the Baals