23. I will bring men from Babylon and from all Babylonia, men from Pekod, Shoa, and Koa, as well as all the Assyrians. They are desirable young men, governors and commanders, military officers and important men. All of them ride on horses.
24. They will attack you from the north, with chariots and wagons and with a large number of troops. They will attack you from all around with small and large shields and with helmets. I have handed you over to them for punishment. They will punish you with their own kind of punishment.
25. I will direct my burning anger against you so that they will deal with you in anger. They will cut off your nose and ears and kill everyone who remains. They will take your sons and your daughters and burn down whatever is left.
26. They will rip off your clothes and take away your beautiful jewels.
27. I will put a stop to your sinning and to your prostitution, which you began in Egypt. You won’t desire these things anymore or remember Egypt anymore.
28. “This is what the Almighty Lord says: I’m going to hand you over to those you hate and to those you turned away from in disgust.
29. They will treat you hatefully and take away everything that you have worked for. They will leave you naked and bare. The shame of your prostitution will be revealed.
30. Your sinning and your prostitution have done this to you, because you lusted after the nations and dishonored yourself with their idols.
31. You’ve acted the same way as your sister. That is why I will put her cup in your hand.
32. This is what the Almighty Lord says:You will drink from your sister’s cup,a cup that is deep and wide.You will be scorned and mocked,because this cup holds so much.
33. The cup of your sister Samaria will be filledwith drunkenness and sorrow.
34. You will drink from it and drain it.You will break it into piecesand tear your breasts off your body.I have spoken, declares the Almighty Lord.
35. “This is what the Almighty Lord says: You have forgotten me and turned your back on me. So you will be punished for your sinning and prostitution.”
36. The Lord said to me, “Son of man, will you judge Oholah and Oholibah and tell them about their disgusting practices?
37. They have committed adultery. Their hands are covered with blood. They commit adultery with their idols. They have sacrificed the children they gave birth to for me as burnt offerings to idols.
38. They have also done this to me: They have polluted my holy places when they do these things and dishonored the days to worship me.
39. When they sacrificed their children to their idols, they came into my holy place and dishonored it. That is what they’ve done in my temple.
40. “They even sent messengers to invite men to come from far away. When the men arrived, they washed themselves for the men, painted their eyes, and put on their jewels.
41. They sat on their fine couches with tables in front of them. They put my incense and my olive oil on their tables.