This is a fairly long chapter in which Jerusalem is analogized as a wife who becomes a prostitute. God is angry with their chasing after idols, using the gifts from God as offerings to other gods, and sacrificing their own children to the other gods.
Interestingly, Samaria and Sodom are mentioned as sisters of the adulterous wife. The main problem that is articulated against Sodom is that they did not help the needy.
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