12. She also desired the Assyrians. All of them—governors, commanders, warriors dressed in uniform, and horsemen—were handsome.
13. I saw that both girls were alike. Both of them were prostitutes.
14. “But Jerusalem went even further. She saw carvings of Babylonian men on a wall. They wore red
15. and had belts around their waists. They wore turbans on their heads. They all looked like chariot officers born in Babylonia.
16. When she saw them, she lusted after them. So she sent messengers to them in Babylonia.
17. So these Babylonian men came and had sinful physical relations with her. They made her unclean. After that, she became sick of them.
18. But she continued her prostitution so that everyone knew about it. And I finally became sick of her, as I had her sister.
19. But she remembered how she was a young prostitute in Egypt. So she took part in even more prostitution.
20. She wanted men who behaved like animals in their sexual desire.
21. In the same way you desired to do the sinful things you had done in Egypt. There men touched and held your young breasts.
22. “So, Jerusalem, this is what the Lord God says: You have tired of your lovers. So now I will make them angry with you. And they will surround you.
23. Men from Babylon and all Babylonia and men from Pekod, Shoa and Koa will come against you. All the Assyrians will come against you. They are governors, commanders, chariot drivers and important men, all riding horses.
24. Those men will come with great armies. They will come with their weapons, chariots and wagons. They will surround you with large and small shields and with helmets. And I will hand you over to them for punishment. And they will punish you with their own kind of punishment.
25. Then you will see how strong my anger can be. They will punish you in their anger. They will cut off your noses and ears. They will take away your sons and daughters. Those who are left will be burned.