23 (A)How can you say, ‘I am not unclean,
    I have not gone after the Baals’?
Look at your way (B)in the valley;
    know what you have done—
a restless young camel running here and there,
24     (C)a wild donkey used to the wilderness,
in her heat sniffing the wind!
    Who can restrain her lust?
None who seek her need weary themselves;
    in her month they will find her.
25 Keep (D)your feet from going unshod
    and (E)your throat from thirst.
But you said, ‘It is hopeless,
    (F)for I have loved foreigners,
    and after them I will go.’

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23 How can you say,
    “I’m not dirty;
    I haven’t gone after Baals.”
Look what you have done in the valley;
    consider what you have done there.
You are like a frenzied young camel,
    racing around,
24     a wild donkey in the wilderness,
    lustfully sniffing the wind.
Who can restrain such passion?
    Those who desire her need not give up;
    with little effort they will find her in heat.
25 Don’t run about until your feet are blistered
    and your throat is parched.
But you say, “What’s the use?
    I have fallen in love with foreign gods,
        and I must pursue them.”

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