¹⁷ “Then the ^[a]Babylonians came to her, into the bed of love,
And they defiled her with their immorality;
So she was defiled by them, ^(D)and alienated herself from them.
¹⁸ She revealed her harlotry and uncovered her nakedness.
Then ^(E)I ^(F)alienated Myself from her,
As I had alienated Myself from her sister.

¹⁹ “Yet she multiplied her harlotry
In calling to remembrance the days of her youth,
^(G)When she had played the harlot in the land of Egypt.
²⁰ For she lusted for her ^[b]paramours,
Whose flesh is like the flesh of donkeys,
And whose issue is like the issue of horses.
²¹ Thus you called to remembrance the lewdness of your youth,
When the ^(H)Egyptians pressed your bosom
Because of your youthful breasts.

¹⁹ ‘They will throw their silver into the streets,
And their gold will be like refuse;
Their ^(A)silver and their gold will not be able to deliver them
In the day of the wrath of the Lord;
They will not satisfy their souls,
Nor fill their stomachs,
Because it became their stumbling block of iniquity.

²⁰ ‘As for the beauty of his ornaments,
He set it in majesty;
^(B)But they made from it
The images of their abominations—
Their detestable things;
Therefore I have made it
Like refuse to them.

⁷ “On^(A) a lofty and high mountain
You have set ^(B)your bed;
Even there you went up
To offer sacrifice.
⁸ Also behind the doors and their posts
You have set up your remembrance;
For you have uncovered yourself to those other than Me,
And have gone up to them;
You have enlarged your bed
And ^[a]made a covenant with them;
^(C)You have loved their bed,
Where you saw their ^[b]nudity.