KJV ORIGINAL
My people ask counsel at their stocks, and their staff declareth unto them: for the spirit of whoredoms hath caused them to err, and they have gone a whoring from under their God.
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ MADE SIMPLE
My people are asking wooden idols for advice, and they're literally talking to sticks like they have answers. They've got this spirit of unfaithfulness that's totally messed up their judgment, and they've basically cheated on their relationship with God by running after other things.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
When you start asking random objects for life advice instead of God, you know you've lost the plot.
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