כִּ֤י זָֽנְתָה֙ אִמָּ֔ם הֹבִ֖ישָׁה הֽוֹרָתָ֑ם כִּ֣י אָמְרָ֗ה אֵלְכָ֞ה אַחֲרֵ֤י מְאַהֲבַי֙ נֹתְנֵ֤י לַחְמִי֙ וּמֵימַ֔י צַמְרִ֣י וּפִשְׁתִּ֔י שַׁמְנִ֖י וְשִׁקּוּיָֽי׃
Sapagkat nakiapid ang kanilang ina; gumawa ng kahiya-hiya ang nagdalang-tao sa kanila; sapagkat sinabi niya, “Susunod ako sa aking mga mangingibig, na nagbibigay sa akin ng aking tinapay at ng aking tubig, ng aking lana at ng aking lino, ng aking langis at ng aking inumin.”
The Jewish Spiritual Heroes
Characteristic of the condition of his times is his explantation of the passage in Hosea (2:7) as referring to scholars who shame the Torah with their deeds such as people who preach that one must not loan money for interest and yet they do so themselves, that one must not rob yet they rob others or that one must not steal and yet they steal from others.3)דברים רבה פּרשה ב׳ פּיסקא י״ב.