12. She lusted after the Assyrians, governors and officers, warriors richly clothed, charioteers and horsemen, all of them the most handsome of men.
13. I saw that she too defiled herself. Both had the same tendencies,
14. but she was even more promiscuous. She saw men carved in wall reliefs, images of Chaldeans outlined in vermilion,
15. wearing only loincloths around their hips and flowing headbands on their heads. All of them had the appearance of warriors of the third rank, the likeness of Babylonians whose native land is Chaldea.
16. Aroused just by looking at them, she sent messengers to them in Chaldea.
17. The Babylonians came to her to lie down and make love with her, defiling her with their seductions. But once she had defiled herself with them, she recoiled from them in disgust.
18. When her seductions became known and her nakedness exposed, I recoiled from her just as I had recoiled from her sister.
19. But she added to her promiscuities, bringing to mind her youthful days when she was a prostitute in the land of Egypt.
20. She lusted after their male consorts, whose sexual organs were like those of donkeys, and whose ejaculation was like that of horses.
21. She relived the wicked days of her youth, when the Egyptians touched and fondled her young and nubile breasts.
22. So Oholibah, the Lord God proclaims: I’m now inciting your lovers against you, all those from whom you recoiled, and I will bring them against you from all around—
23. Babylonians and all the Chaldeans, Pekod and Shoa and Koa, all the Assyrians with them, the most handsome young men, all of them governors and officers, career officers and conscripts, all of them on horseback.
24. They will come against you with weapons, chariots, and wagons, and with a great army, with shield, buckler, and helmet; and they will surround you. I will hand your punishment over to them, and they will judge you according to their laws.
25. I will direct my passion against you, and they will deal with you in wrath. They will cut off your nose and ears, and those who are left will fall by the sword. They will seize your sons and daughters, and those who are left will be burned with fire.
26. They will strip your clothing from you and remove your beautiful crown.
27. That’s how I will put an end to your lewdness and your Egyptian-styled promiscuity. Never again will you stare at them, and you won’t remember Egypt anymore.
28. The Lord God proclaims: I’m now handing you over to those whom you hate and from whom you recoil.