¹⁷ The ^[a](A)Babylonians came to her to the bed of love and defiled her with their harlotry. And when she had been defiled by them, ^[b]she became disgusted with them.

²⁸ For thus says the Lord God, ‘Behold, I will give you into the hand of those whom you ^(A)hate, into the hand of those from whom ^[a]you were alienated.