4. When you were born, no one cut your umbilical cord or washed you or rubbed you with salt or wrapped you in cloth.
5. No one took enough pity on you to do any of these things for you. When you were born, no one loved you. You were thrown out in an open field.
6. “Then I passed by and saw you squirming in your own blood. You were covered with blood, but I wouldn't let you die.
7. I made you grow like a healthy plant. You grew strong and tall and became a young woman. Your breasts were well formed, and your hair had grown, but you were naked.
8. “As I passed by again, I saw that the time had come for you to fall in love. I covered your naked body with my coat and promised to love you. Yes, I made a marriage covenant with you, and you became mine.” This is what the Sovereign Lord says.
9. “Then I took water and washed the blood off you. I rubbed olive oil on your skin.
10. I dressed you in embroidered gowns and gave you shoes of the best leather, a linen headband, and a silk cloak.
11. I put jewels on you — bracelets and necklaces.
12. I gave you a nose-ring and earrings and a beautiful crown to wear.
13. You had ornaments of gold and silver, and you always wore clothes of embroidered linen and silk. You ate bread made from the best flour, and had honey and olive oil to eat. Your beauty was dazzling, and you became a queen.
14. You became famous in every nation for your perfect beauty, because I was the one who made you so lovely.” This is what the Sovereign Lord says.
15. “But you took advantage of your beauty and fame to sleep with everyone who came along.
16. You used some of your clothes to decorate your places of worship, and just like a prostitute, you gave yourself to everyone.
17. You took the silver and gold jewellery that I had given you, used it to make male images, and committed adultery with them.
18. You took the embroidered clothes I gave you and put them on the images, and you offered to the images the olive oil and incense I had given you.
19. I gave you food — the best flour, olive oil, and honey — but you offered it as a sacrifice to win the favour of idols.” This is what the Sovereign Lord says.
20. “Then you took the sons and the daughters you had borne me and offered them as sacrifices to idols. Wasn't it bad enough to be unfaithful to me,
21. without taking my children and sacrificing them to idols?
22. During your disgusting life as a prostitute you never once remembered your childhood — when you were naked, squirming in your own blood.”
23. The Sovereign Lord said, “You are doomed! Doomed! You did all that evil, and then
24. by the side of every road you built places to worship idols and practise prostitution.