⁷ I told myself that after she did all this, she would return to me, but she did not return, and her treacherous sister Judah saw it. ⁸ Unfaithful Israel committed adultery, so I sent her away. I gave her a certificate of divorce, yet I saw that in spite of this, her treacherous sister Judah had no fear. She also went and acted like a prostitute. ⁹ Since Israel regarded her sexual sins so lightly, she defiled the land by committing adultery with stones and trees.