40. “And they shall bring up an assembly against you, and they shall stone you with stones and thrust you through with their swords,
41. and burn your houses with fire, and execute judgments on you before the eyes of many women. And I shall make you stop whoring, and no longer give gifts.
42. “So I shall bring My wrath to rest upon you, and My jealousy shall turn away from you. And I shall be calm, and no longer be vexed.
43. “Because you did not remember the days of your youth, but troubled Me with all this, so see, I shall also bring your way on your own head,” declares the Master יהוה. “And shall I not do this thought for all your abominations?
44. “See, all who use proverbs shall use this proverb against you, ‘Like mother, like daughter!’
45. “You are your mother’s daughter, who despises her husband and her children. And you are the sister of your sisters, who despised their husbands and their children. Your mother was a Ḥittite and your father an Amorite.
46. “And your elder sister is Shomeron, she and her daughters, who is dwelling to the north of you. And your younger sister, who is dwelling to the south of you, is Seḏom and her daughters.
47. “And have you not walked in their ways and did according to their abominations? But in all your ways you soon became more corrupt than they.
48. “As I live,” declares the Master יהוה, “neither your sister Seḏom nor her daughters have done as you and your daughters have done.
49. “See, this was the crookedness of your sister Seḏom: She and her daughter had pride, sufficiency of bread, and unconcerned ease. And she did not help the poor and needy.
50. “And they were haughty and did abomination before Me, and I took them away when I saw it.
51. “And Shomeron did not commit half of your sins, but you have increased your abominations more than they, and by all the abominations which you have done you made your sisters seem righteous!
52. “You also, who pleaded for your sisters, bear your own shame, because the sins which you committed were more abominable than theirs. They are more righteous than you. So be ashamed too, and bear your own shame, because you have made your sisters seem righteous.
53. “And I shall turn back their captivity, the captivity of Seḏom and her daughters, and the captivity of Shomeron and her daughters, and the captivity of your captives with them,
54. so that you bear your shame, and shall blush for all that you did when you comforted them,
55. “and your sisters, Seḏom and her daughters, return to their former state, and Shomeron and her daughters return to their former state, and you and your daughters return to your former state.
56. “Was not your sister Seḏom a byword in your mouth in the days of your pride,
57. before your evil was exposed, as the time of the reproach of the daughters of Aram and all who were around her, and of the daughters of the Philistines, who are despising you everywhere?
58. “You shall bear your wickedness and your abominations,” declares יהוה.
59. ‘For thus said the Master יהוה, “I shall deal with you as you have done, in that you have despised the oath by breaking the covenant.