But she increased her prostitution. She saw men carved on the wall, images of the Chaldeans carved in bright red,<n id="1" />

Slanderous men shed blood within you.<n id="1" /> Those who live within you eat pagan sacrifices on the mountains;<n id="2" /> they commit obscene acts among you.<n id="3" />

<p class="poetry">Men of Persia, Lud,<n id="1" /> and Put were in your army, men of war.p> <p class="poetry">They hung shield and helmet on you; they gave you your splendor.p>

&#8220;Son of man, your brothers,<n id="1" /> your relatives,<n id="2" /> and the whole house of Israel, all of them are those to whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem<n id="3" /> have said, &#8216;They have gone<n id="4" /> far away from the <sc>Lordsc>; to us this land has been given as a possession.&#8217;p>

But I will let a small number of them survive the sword, famine, and pestilence, so that they can confess all their abominable practices to the nations where they go. Then they will know that I am the <sc>Lordsc>.&#8221;p>

<p class="poetry">Your wealth, products, and merchandise, your sailors and captains,p> <p class="poetry">your ship&#8217;s carpenters,<n id="1" /> your merchants,p> <p class="poetry">and all your fighting men within you,p> <p class="poetry">along with all your crew who are in you,p> <p class="poetry">will fall into the heart of the seas on the day of your downfall.p>