⁹ likewise also ^(A)that women should adorn themselves in respectable apparel, with modesty and self-control, not with braided hair and gold or pearls or costly attire,

² For I feel a divine jealousy for you, since ^(A)I betrothed you to one husband, ^(B)to present you ^(C)as a pure virgin to Christ. ³ But I am afraid that ^(D)as the serpent deceived Eve by his cunning, your thoughts ^(E)will be led astray from a ^(F)sincere and ^(G)pure devotion to Christ.

¹⁸ In that day the Lord will take away ^(F)the finery of the anklets, the ^(G)headbands, and the ^(H)crescents; ¹⁹ the pendants, the bracelets, and the scarves; ²⁰ the ^(I)headdresses, the armlets, the sashes, the perfume boxes, and the amulets; ²¹ the signet rings and ^(J)nose rings; ²² the ^(K)festal robes, the mantles, the cloaks, and the handbags; ²³ the mirrors, the linen garments, the turbans, and the veils.

³ And ^(A)he carried me away in the Spirit ^(B)into a wilderness, and I saw a woman sitting on ^(C)a scarlet beast that was full of ^(D)blasphemous names, and ^(E)it had seven heads and ten horns. ⁴ The woman ^(F)was arrayed in purple and scarlet, and adorned ^(G)with gold and jewels and pearls, holding in her hand ^(H)a golden cup full of abominations and the impurities of her sexual immorality. ⁵ And on her forehead was written a name of ^(I)mystery: ^(J)“Babylon the great, mother of prostitutes and of earth's abominations.”

Jehu Executes Jezebel

³⁰ When Jehu came to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it. And ^(A)she painted her eyes and adorned her head and looked out of the window.

¹⁴ she took off her widow's garments ^(A)and covered herself with a veil, wrapping herself up, and sat at the entrance to ^(B)Enaim, which is on the road to Timnah. For she saw that Shelah was grown up, ^(C)and she had not been given to him in marriage. ¹⁵ When Judah saw her, he thought she was a prostitute, for she had covered her face.