23. “After all these evil things, … it will be very bad for you!” The Lord GOD said all these things.
24. “After all those things, you made a mound for worshiping that false god. You built those places for worshiping false gods on every street corner.
25. You built your mounds at the head of every road. Then you degraded your beauty. You used it to catch every man who walked by. You raised your skirt so that they could see your legs, and you acted like a prostitute with those men.
26. Then you went to Egypt, your neighbor that is always ready for sex. With more and more sexual sin, you made me angry.
27. So I punished you! I took away part of your land. I let your enemies, the daughters of the Philistines, do what they wanted to you. Even they were shocked at the evil things you did.
28. Then you went to have sex with Assyria. You could not get enough. You were never satisfied.
29. So you turned to Canaan, and then to Babylonia, and still you were not satisfied.
30. You are so weak. You let all those men cause you to sin. You acted just like a prostitute who wants to be the one in control.” This is what the Lord GOD said.
31. God said, “But you were not exactly like a prostitute. You built your mounds at the head of every road, and you built your places for worship at every street corner. You had sex with all those men, but you did not ask them to pay you the way a prostitute does.
32. You are a woman guilty of adultery. You would rather have sex with strangers than with your own husband.
33. Most prostitutes force men to pay them for sex, but you gave money to your many lovers. You paid all the men around to come in to have sex with you.
34. You are just the opposite of most prostitutes who force men to pay them, because you pay the men to have sex with you.”