1. The Lord spoke his word to me. He said:
2. “Human being, a woman had two daughters.
3. While they were young, they went to Egypt and became prostitutes. They let men touch and hold their breasts.
4. The older girl was named Oholah, and her sister was named Oholibah. They were mine and had sons and daughters. Oholah is Samaria, and Oholibah is Jerusalem.
5. “Samaria left me. She went to her lover, Assyria. The Assyrians were warriors.
6. They wore blue uniforms. And all of them—governors, commanders and horsemen—were handsome.
7. Samaria became a prostitute for all the important men in Assyria. And she made herself unclean with all the idols of everyone she desired.
8. She continued the prostitution she began in Egypt. When she was young, she slept with men. They touched her breasts and sinned sexually with her.
9. “So I gave her to her lovers, the Assyrians, that she wanted so badly.
10. They stripped her naked and took away her sons and daughters. Then they killed her with a sword. Women everywhere began talking about how she had been punished.
11. “Her sister Jerusalem saw what happened to Samaria. And so Jerusalem became worse than her sister in her sexual desire and prostitution.
12. She also desired the Assyrians. All of them—governors, commanders, warriors dressed in uniform, and horsemen—were handsome.
13. I saw that both girls were alike. Both of them were prostitutes.
14. “But Jerusalem went even further. She saw carvings of Babylonian men on a wall. They wore red
15. and had belts around their waists. They wore turbans on their heads. They all looked like chariot officers born in Babylonia.
16. When she saw them, she lusted after them. So she sent messengers to them in Babylonia.
17. So these Babylonian men came and had sinful physical relations with her. They made her unclean. After that, she became sick of them.