⁴⁰ “They even sent messengers for men who came from far away,^(A) and when they arrived you bathed yourself for them, applied eye makeup^(B) and put on your jewelry.^(C)

Jezebel Killed

³⁰ Then Jehu went to Jezreel. When Jezebel heard about it, she put on eye makeup,^(A) arranged her hair and looked out of a window.

¹³ So you were adorned with gold and silver; your clothes^(A) were of fine linen and costly fabric and embroidered cloth. Your food was honey, olive oil^(B) and the finest flour. You became very beautiful and rose to be a queen.^{(C) 14} And your fame^(D) spread among the nations on account of your beauty,^(E) because the splendor I had given you made your beauty perfect, declares the Sovereign Lord.^(F)

¹⁵ “‘But you trusted in your beauty and used your fame to become a prostitute. You lavished your favors on anyone who passed by^(G) and your beauty became his.^{(H) 16} You took some of your garments to make gaudy high places,^(I) where you carried on your prostitution.^(J) You went to him, and he possessed your beauty.^[a]

¹⁸ In that day^(A) the Lord will snatch away their finery: the bangles and headbands and crescent necklaces,^{(B) 19} the earrings and bracelets^(C) and veils,^{(D) 20} the headdresses^(E) and anklets and sashes, the perfume bottles and charms, ²¹ the signet rings and nose rings,^{(F) 22} the fine robes and the capes and cloaks,^(G) the purses ²³ and mirrors, and the linen garments^(H) and tiaras^(I) and shawls.

¹³ I saw that she too defiled herself; both of them went the same way.^(A)

¹² Before a young woman’s turn came to go in to King Xerxes, she had to complete twelve months of beauty treatments prescribed for the women, six months with oil of myrrh and six with perfumes^(A) and cosmetics.