4. The elder one was named Oholah, which stands for Samaria; the younger one was Oholibah, which stands for Jerusalem. They became my wives and gave birth to my children.
5. Even though Oholah was my wife, she continued to be a prostitute and chased after Assyrian lovers.
6. She offered herself to soldiers in purple uniforms, to every handsome, high-ranking officer, and to cavalry troops.
7. She had sex with all the important Assyrian officials and even worshipped their disgusting idols.
8. Once she started doing these things in Egypt, she never stopped. Men slept with her, and she was always ready for sex.
9. So I gave Oholah to the Assyrian lovers she wanted so badly.
38-39. They came into my temple that same day, and that made it unfit as a place to worship me. They have even stopped respecting the Sabbath.
40. They sent messengers to attract men from far away. When those men arrived, the two sisters took baths and put on eye shadow and jewellery.
41. They sat on a fine couch, and in front of them was a table for the olive oil and incense that had belonged to me.
42. Their room was always filled with a noisy crowd of drunkards brought in from the desert. These men gave the women bracelets and beautiful crowns,
43. and I noticed that the men were eager to have sex with these women, though they were exhausted from being prostitutes.
44. In fact, the men had sex over and over with Oholah and Oholibah, the two sinful sisters.
45. But good men will some day accuse those two of murder and of being unfaithful, because they are certainly guilty.
46. So I, the Lord God, now say to these sisters:I will call together an angry mob that will abuse and rob you.
47. They will stone you to death and cut you to pieces; they will kill your children and burn down your houses.
48. I will get rid of sinful prostitution in this country, so that women everywhere will be warned not to act as you have.
49. You will be punished for becoming prostitutes and for worshipping idols, and you will know that I am the Lord God.