17. You also took your beautiful jewelry. It was made from gold and silver I had given you. Then you made for yourselves male idols. And you were a prostitute with them.
18. Then you took your clothes with beautiful needlework and covered the idols. You gave my oil and incense as an offering to them.
19. Also, you took the bread I gave you. You took the fine flour, oil and honey I gave you to eat. And you offered them before the false gods as a pleasing smell. This is what happened, says the Lord God.
20. “‘Also, you took your sons and daughters who were my children. And you sacrificed them to idols as food. Your sexual sins were not enough for you.
21. You killed my children and offered them up in fire to idols.
22. You did all your hated acts and sexual sins. But you did not remember when you were young. At that time you were naked and had no clothes. You were left in your blood.
23. “‘How terrible! How terrible it will be for you, says the Lord God. This is what you did after all these evil things.
24. You built yourself a place to worship false gods. You made for yourself a place of worship in every city square.
25. You built a place of worship at the head of every street. You made your beauty hateful. You offered your body for sex to anyone who passed by. Your sexual sins became worse and worse.
26. You also committed shameful acts with the Egyptians. They were your neighbors and partners in sexual sins. Your sexual sins became even worse. And they caused me to be angry.
27. So then, I used my power against you. I took away some of your land. I let those who hated you defeat you. They were the Philistine women. Even they were ashamed of your evil ways.