You must never bring the pay of a female prostitute<n id="1" /> or the wage of a male prostitute<n id="2" /> into the temple of the <sc>Lordsc> your God in fulfillment of any vow, for both of these are abhorrent to the <sc>Lordsc> your God.p>

When you built your chamber at the head of every street and put up your pavilion in every public square, you were not like a prostitute, because you scoffed at payment.<n id="1" />p>

You were different from other prostitutes<n id="1" /> because no one solicited you. When you gave payment and no payment was given to you, you became the opposite!p>

They will burn down your houses and execute judgments on you in front of many women. Thus I will put a stop to your prostitution, and you will no longer give gifts to your clients.<n id="1" />

<t /><p class="poetry">O Israel, do not rejoice jubilantly<n id="1" /> like the nations,p> <p class="poetry">for you are unfaithful<n id="2" /> to your God.p> <p class="poetry">You love to receive a prostitute's wages<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">on all the floors where you thresh your grain.p>

<p class="poetry">All her carved idols will be smashed to pieces;p> <p class="poetry">all her metal cult statues will be destroyed by fire.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">I will make a waste heap<n id="2" /> of all her images.p> <p class="poetry">Since<n id="3" /> she gathered the metal<n id="4" /> as a prostitute collects her wages,p> <p class="poetry">the idols will become a prostitute&#8217;s wages again.&#8221;<n id="5" />p>