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.
29. So you increased your acts of prostitution to include the land of the merchants, the Babylonians. Even after that, you weren’t satisfied.
30. “‘You have no will power! declares the Almighty Lord. You do everything a shameless prostitute does.
31. You build your platforms at the head of every street and place your illegal worship sites in every square. Yet, you aren’t like other prostitutes, because you don’t want to be paid.