² “The^(A) Lord also brings a ^[a]charge against Judah,
And will punish Jacob according to his ways;
According to his deeds He will recompense him.

“There is no truth or mercy
Or ^(B)knowledge of God in the land.

¹² “She lusted for the neighboring ^(C)Assyrians,
^(D)Captains and rulers,
Clothed most gorgeously,
Horsemen riding on horses,
All of them desirable young men.
¹³ Then I saw that she was defiled;
Both took the same way.
¹⁴ But she increased her harlotry;
She looked at men portrayed on the wall,
Images of ^(E)Chaldeans portrayed in vermilion,
¹⁵ Girded with belts around their waists,
Flowing turbans on their heads,
All of them looking like captains,
In the manner of the Babylonians of Chaldea,
The land of their nativity.
^16 (F)As soon as her eyes saw them,
She lusted for them
And sent ^(G)messengers to them in Chaldea.

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, ^(H)and alienated herself from them.
¹⁸ She revealed her harlotry and uncovered her nakedness.
Then ^(I)I ^(J)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,
^(K)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 ^(L)Egyptians pressed your bosom
Because of your youthful breasts.