Yet I had pity on them and did not destroy them, so I did not make an end of them in the wilderness.

“‘See, I strike my hands together at the dishonest profit you have made, and at the bloodshed they have done among you.

So I have poured my anger on them, and destroyed them with the fire of my fury. I hereby repay them for what they have done, declares the sovereign Lord.”

“Oholah engaged in prostitution while she was mine. She lusted after her lovers, the Assyrians – warriors

Therefore I handed her over to her lovers, the Assyrians for whom she lusted.

But she increased her prostitution. She saw men carved on the wall, images of the Chaldeans carved in bright red,

She lusted after their genitals – as large as those of donkeys, and their seminal emission was as strong as that of stallions.

I will do these things to you because you engaged in prostitution with the nations, polluting yourself with their idols.

“For this is what the sovereign Lord says: Bring up an army against them and subject them to terror and plunder.

They will repay you for your obscene conduct, and you will be punished for idol worship. Then you will know that I am the sovereign Lord.”

To arouse anger, to take vengeance, I have placed her blood on an exposed rock so that it cannot be covered up.

Then you will do as I have done: You will not cover your lip or eat food brought by others.

“Son of man, turn toward the Ammonites and prophesy against them.

As they wail they will lament over you, chanting: “Who was like Tyre, like a tower in the midst of the sea?”

All the inhabitants of the coastlands are shocked at you, and their kings are horribly afraid – their faces are troubled.

The traders among the peoples hiss at you; you have become a horror, and will be no more.’”

All who know you among the peoples are shocked at you; you have become terrified and will be no more.’”

I will pour out my anger upon Pelusium, the stronghold of Egypt; I will cut off the hordes of Thebes.

On its ruins all the birds of the sky will live, and all the wild animals will walk on its branches.

I will disturb many peoples, when I bring about your destruction among the nations, among countries you do not know.