19. You also offered them sweet and fragrant sacrifices. You gave flour, olive oil, and honey—all the food that I gave you to eat. This is what happened, declares the Almighty Lord.
20. “‘You took your sons and daughters, who belonged to me, and you sacrificed them as food to idols. Wasn’t your prostitution enough?
21. You slaughtered my children and presented them as burnt offerings to idols.
22. With all the disgusting things that you did and all your acts of prostitution, you didn’t remember the time when you were young. You didn’t remember when you were naked and bare, kicking around in your own blood.
23. “‘How horrible! How horrible it will be for you! declares the Almighty Lord. After all your wickedness,
24. you built yourself platforms and illegal worship sites in every city square.
25. You also built worship sites at the head of every street. You used your beauty to seduce people there. You offered your body to everyone who passed by. You increased your acts of prostitution.
26. You had sex with your lustful neighbors, the Egyptians. You used your prostitution to make me angry.
27. “‘So I used my power against you. I took away some of your land, and I handed you over to your greedy enemies, the Philistines, who were ashamed of what you had done.
28. “‘You had sex with the Assyrians because you weren’t satisfied. You still weren’t satisfied.