Only acknowledge thine iniquity, that thou hast transgressed against the LORD thy God, and hast scattered thy ways to the strangers under every green tree, and ye have not obeyed my voice, saith the LORD.
Only acknowledge - (Deuteronomy 30:1; Deuteronomy 30:3; Proverbs 28:13, "He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy").
Scattered thy ways ... - (Jeremiah 2:25). Not merely the calves at Bethel, but the idols in every direction, were the objects of their worship (Ezekiel 16:15; Ezekiel 24:25).