4. The older girl was named Oholah, and her sister was named Oholibah. They became my wives and had sons and daughters. Oholah is Samaria, and Oholibah is Jerusalem.
5. “While still my wife, Samaria had sexual relations with other men. She had great sexual desire for her lovers, men from Assyria. The Assyrians were warriors and
6. wore blue uniforms. They were all handsome young captains and lieutenants riding on horseback.
7. Samaria became a prostitute for all the important men in Assyria and 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 had slept with men, and they touched her breasts and had sexual relations with her.
9. “So I handed her over 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, but she became worse than her sister in her sexual desire and prostitution.
12. She also desired the Assyrians, who were all soldiers in beautiful uniforms—handsome young captains and lieutenants riding horses.
13. I saw that both girls were alike; both 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 and turbans on their heads. They all looked like chariot officers born in Babylonia.
16. When she saw them, she wanted to have sexual relations with them and sent messengers to them in Babylonia.