28 “For this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I am about to deliver you into the hands(A) of those you hate, to those you turned away from in disgust. 29 They will deal with you in hatred and take away everything you have worked for. They will leave you stark naked,(B) and the shame of your prostitution will be exposed.(C) Your lewdness(D) and promiscuity(E) 30 have brought this on you, because you lusted after the nations and defiled yourself with their idols.(F) 31 You have gone the way of your sister; so I will put her cup(G) into your hand.(H)

32 “This is what the Sovereign Lord says:

“You will drink your sister’s cup,
    a cup large and deep;
it will bring scorn and derision,(I)
    for it holds so much.(J)
33 You will be filled with drunkenness and sorrow,
    the cup of ruin and desolation,
    the cup of your sister Samaria.(K)
34 You will drink it(L) and drain it dry
    and chew on its pieces—
    and you will tear your breasts.

I have spoken, declares the Sovereign Lord.(M)

35 “Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: Since you have forgotten(N) me and turned your back on me,(O) you must bear(P) the consequences of your lewdness and prostitution.”

36 The Lord said to me: “Son of man, will you judge Oholah and Oholibah? Then confront(Q) them with their detestable practices,(R) 37 for they have committed adultery and blood is on their hands. They committed adultery with their idols; they even sacrificed their children, whom they bore to me, as food for them.(S) 38 They have also done this to me: At that same time they defiled my sanctuary(T) and desecrated my Sabbaths.(U) 39 On the very day they sacrificed their children to their idols, they entered my sanctuary and desecrated(V) it. That is what they did in my house.(W)

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