¹² She is often in the streets and markets,
    soliciting at every corner.

²⁸ She hides and waits like a robber,
    eager to make more men unfaithful.

³ For all the nations have fallen^[a]
    because of the wine of her passionate immorality.
The kings of the world
    have committed adultery with her.
Because of her desires for extravagant luxury,
    the merchants of the world have grown rich.”

²³ The light of a lamp
    will never shine in you again.
The happy voices of brides and grooms
    will never be heard in you again.
For your merchants were the greatest in the world,
    and you deceived the nations with your sorceries.