20. But you did something even worse than that—you sacrificed your own children to those idols!
21. You slaughtered my children, so you could offer them as sacrifices.
22. You were so busy sinning and being a prostitute that you refused to think about the days when you were young and were rolling around naked in your own blood.
23. Now I, the Lord God, say you are doomed! Not only did you do these evil things,
24. but you also built places on every street corner
25. where you disgraced yourself by having sex with anyone who walked by. And you did that more and more every day!
26. To make me angry, you even offered yourself to Egyptians, who were always ready to sleep with you.
27. So I punished you by letting those greedy Philistine enemies take over some of your territory. But even they were offended by your disgusting behaviour.
28. You couldn't get enough sex, so you chased after Assyrians and slept with them. You still weren't satisfied,
29. so you went after Babylonians. But those merchants could not satisfy you either.
30. I, the Lord God, say that you were so disgusting that you would have done anything to get what you wanted.
31. You had sex on every street corner, and when you finished, you refused to accept money. That's worse than being a prostitute!
32. You are nothing but an unfaithful wife who would rather have sex with strangers than with your own husband.
33. Prostitutes accept money for having sex, but you bribe men from everywhere to have sex with you.
34. You're not like other prostitutes. Men don't ask you for sex—you offer to pay them!
35. Jerusalem, you prostitute, listen to me.