4. “The older girl was named Oholah, and the younger girl was named Oholibah. I married them, and they gave birth to sons and daughters. Oholah represents Samaria, and Oholibah represents Jerusalem.
5. Oholah acted like a prostitute, although she was my wife. She lusted after her Assyrian lovers who lived nearby.
6. They were governors and commanders clothed in purple. They were all handsome young men who rode on horses.
7. She became a prostitute for all the important men in Assyria. She dishonored herself with the idols of all those with whom she fell in love.
8. She continued the prostitution that she started in Egypt. When she was young, men went to bed with her, caressed her breasts, and treated her like a prostitute.
9. “That is why I handed her over to her lovers, to the Assyrians whom she lusted after.
10. They stripped her naked, took away her sons and daughters, and killed her with a sword. Women gossiped about how she was punished.
11. “Even though her younger sister Oholibah saw this, Oholibah lusted after men more than her sister did. Oholibah’s prostitution became worse than her sister’s prostitution.
12. She lusted after the Assyrians who were nearby. They were governors and commanders in full dress. They were mounted horsemen, all of them desirable young men.
13. I saw that she was dishonoring herself. Both sisters acted the same way.
14. Yet, she carried her prostitution even further. She saw pictures of men carved on walls. They were figures of Babylonian men, painted in bright red.
15. The men had belts around their waists and flowing turbans on their heads. All of them looked like Babylonian officers who were born in Babylon.
16. She fell in love with them at first sight and sent messengers to them in Babylonia.
17. So these men came from Babylon, went to bed with her, and dishonored her with their lust. After they had dishonored her, she turned away from them in disgust.
18. “She carried out her prostitution openly, and she lay around naked. I turned away from her in disgust as I had turned away from her sister.
19. She remembered how she had been a prostitute in Egypt when she was young. So she took part in even more prostitution.