12. I put rings on your nose and ears. And I gave you a beautiful crown for your head.
13. " ' "So you were decorated with gold and silver. Your clothes were made out of fine linen. They were made of expensive and beautiful cloth. Your food was made out of fine flour, honey and olive oil. You became very beautiful. You became a queen.
14. You were so beautiful that your fame spread among the nations. The glory I had given you made your beauty perfect," announces the Lord and King.
15. " ' "But you trusted in your beauty. You used your fame to become a prostitute. You offered your body freely to anyone who passed by. In fact, you gave yourself to anyone who wanted you.
16. You used some of your clothes to make high places colorful. That is where people worshiped other gods. You were a prostitute there. Things like that should never happen. They should never take place.
17. " ' "I had given you fine jewelry. It was made out of gold and silver. You used it to make for yourself statues of male gods. You worshiped those gods. You were not faithful to me.
18. You put your beautiful clothes on them. You offered my oil and incense to them.
19. You also offered them the food that was made out of fine flour, olive oil and honey. I had given it to you to eat. You offered it as sweet-smelling incense to them. That is what you did," announces the Lord and King.
20. " ' "Then you got your sons and daughters who belonged to me. And you sacrificed them as food to other gods. Wasn't it enough for you to be a prostitute?
21. You killed my children. You sacrificed them to other gods.
22. " ' "You did not remember the days when you were young. At that time you were naked and bare. You were kicking around in your blood. But now you have done evil things. I hate them. You have worshiped other gods. You have not been faithful to me.
23. " ' "How terrible it will be for you!" announces the Lord and King. "How terrible for you! You continued to sin against me.
24. Your people built up mounds for themselves in every market place. They put little places of worship on them.
25. They set them up at every street corner. Jerusalem, you misused your beauty. You offered your body to anyone who passed by. You did it again and again.
26. " ' "You committed shameful acts with the people of Egypt. They were your neighbors, and they were filled with longing for their lovers. You offered yourself to others again and again. That made me very angry.
27. So I reached out my powerful hand against you. I made your territory smaller. I handed you over to your Philistine enemies. The people in their towns were shocked by your impure conduct.
28. " ' "You also committed shameful acts with the people of Assyria. Nothing ever seemed to satisfy you. You could never get enough.
29. Then you offered yourself to the people of Babylonia. But that did not satisfy you either. There are many traders in the land of Babylonia.
30. " ' "You can't control yourself," announces the Lord and King. "Just look at all of the things you are doing! You are acting like a prostitute who has no shame at all.