40. They will bring an army against you, pelt you with stones, and slaughter you with their swords.
41. They will burn down your houses and execute judgments against you in the sight of many women. I will bring an end to your prostitution; indeed, you will never again give payment.
42. When I’ve satisfied my anger, and my rage has turned away from you, I will be calm and no longer angry.
43. Because you didn’t remember your youthful days, and infuriated me with all these things, I will hold you accountable for what you’ve done. This is what the Lord God says.Have you not added bad reputation to all your detestable acts?
44. Now everyone who speaks in proverbs will say this about you: "Like mother, like daughter."
45. You are your mother’s daughter! She loathed her husband and also her children. You are just like your sisters too! They also loathed their husbands and children. Your mother was a Hittite, and your father was an Amorite.
46. Your older sister is Samaria, who lives with her daughters in the north. Your younger sister is Sodom, who lives with her daughters in the south.
47. You didn’t follow in their ways or engage in their detestable practices in any small way. You were far more destructive.
48. As surely as I live, says the Lord God, not even your sister Sodom and her daughters did what you and your daughters have done!
49. This is the sin of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were proud, had plenty to eat, and enjoyed peace and prosperity; but she didn’t help the poor and the needy.