A people without understanding will come to ruin!

Hosea 4:11-19

My people consult a wooden idol, and a diviner’s rod speaks to them. A spirit of prostitution leads them astray; they are unfaithful to their God. They sacrifice on the mountaintops and burn offerings on the hills, under oak, poplar and terebinth, where the shade is pleasant. Therefore your daughters turn to prostitution and your daughters-in-law to adultery. 

a people without understanding will come to ruin!

Though you, Israel, commit adultery, do not let Judah become guilty.

Ephraim is joined to idols; leave him alone! Even when their drinks are gone, they continue their prostitution; their rulers dearly love shameful ways. A whirlwind will sweep them away, and their sacrifices will bring them shame.

Pagan religion with sexual degradation and the breakdown of law and order in society. The priest, who failed to make God's laws known and feathered their own nests into the bargain, and the men of Israel are responsible for what has happened. God holds them accountable.

Why?

God's people turn away from the Lord and consult a wooden idol, and a diviner's rod speaks to them. These people without understanding will come to ruin.

If people continue their bad behavior, their sacrifices will bring them shame. But many people still living in the darkness, they don't know what they are doing.

How?

May the wisdom of the Lord be with me, and the Holy Spirit reminds me keep walking on the right way of the Lord!