¹² now in the street, now in the market,
    and ^(A)at every corner she ^(B)lies in wait.

^28 (A)She lies in wait like a robber
    and increases the traitors among mankind.

¹⁴ She sits at the door of her house;
    she takes a seat on ^(A)the highest places of the town,

³ For all nations have drunk^{[a]
    (A)}the wine of the passion of her sexual immorality,
and ^(B)the kings of the earth have committed immorality with her,
    and ^(C)the merchants of the earth have grown rich from the power of her luxurious living.”

²³ and the light of a lamp
    will shine in you no more,
and ^(A)the voice of bridegroom and bride
    will be heard in you no more,
for ^(B)your merchants were the great ones of the earth,
    and all nations were deceived ^(C)by your sorcery.

² Lift up your eyes to ^(A)the bare heights, and see!
    Where have you not been ravished?
^(B)By the waysides you have sat awaiting lovers
    like an Arab in the wilderness.
^(C)You have polluted the land
    with your vile whoredom.

^36 (A)How much you go about,
    changing your way!
You shall be ^(B)put to shame by Egypt
    as you were put to shame by Assyria.