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

²⁸ She lies in wait like a robber
    and increases the number of the faithless.^(A)

¹⁴ She sits at the door of her house,
    on a seat at the high places of the town,

³ For all the nations have fallen^[a]
    from the wine of the wrath of her prostitution,
and the kings of the earth have engaged in sexual immorality^[b] with her,
    and the merchants of the earth have grown rich from the power^[c] of her luxury.”^(A)

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

² Look up to the bare heights^[a] and see!
    Where have you not been lain with?
By the waysides you sat waiting for lovers,
    like a nomad in the wilderness.
You have polluted the land
    with your prostitutions and wickedness.^(A)

³⁶ Why do you go about so much
    to change your way?
You shall be put to shame by Egypt
    as you were put to shame by Assyria.^(A)