³ “But you—come here, you children of a sorceress,^(A)
    you offspring of adulterers^(B) and prostitutes!^(C)
4 Who are you mocking?
    At whom do you sneer
    and stick out your tongue?
Are you not a brood of rebels,^(D)
    the offspring of liars?
⁵ You burn with lust among the oaks^(E)
    and under every spreading tree;^(F)
you sacrifice your children^(G) in the ravines
    and under the overhanging crags.
⁶ The idols^(H) among the smooth stones of the ravines are your portion;
    indeed, they are your lot.
Yes, to them you have poured out drink offerings^(I)
    and offered grain offerings.
    In view of all this, should I relent?^(J)
7 You have made your bed on a high and lofty hill;^(K)
    there you went up to offer your sacrifices.^(L)
8 Behind your doors and your doorposts
    you have put your pagan symbols.
Forsaking me, you uncovered your bed,
    you climbed into it and opened it wide;
you made a pact with those whose beds you love,^(M)
    and you looked with lust on their naked bodies.^(N)
9 You went to Molek^[a](O) with olive oil
    and increased your perfumes.^(P)
You sent your ambassadors^[b](Q) far away;
    you descended to the very realm of the dead!^(R)

²⁰ “Long ago you broke off your yoke^(A)
    and tore off your bonds;^(B)
    you said, ‘I will not serve you!’^(C)
Indeed, on every high hill^(D)
    and under every spreading tree^(E)
    you lay down as a prostitute.^(F)

² “Look up to the barren heights^(A) and see.
    Is there any place where you have not been ravished?
By the roadside^(B) you sat waiting for lovers,
    sat like a nomad in the desert.
You have defiled the land^(C)
    with your prostitution^(D) and wickedness.

²⁷ your adulteries and lustful neighings,
    your shameless prostitution!^(A)
I have seen your detestable acts
    on the hills and in the fields.^(B)
Woe to you, Jerusalem!
    How long will you be unclean?”^(C)

⁹ “Therefore I will take away my grain^(T) when it ripens,
    and my new wine^(U) when it is ready.
I will take back my wool and my linen,
    intended to cover her naked body.
¹⁰ So now I will expose^(V) her lewdness
    before the eyes of her lovers;^(W)
    no one will take her out of my hands.^(X)
11 I will stop^(Y) all her celebrations:^(Z)
    her yearly festivals, her New Moons,
    her Sabbath days—all her appointed festivals.^(AA)
12 I will ruin her vines^(AB) and her fig trees,^(AC)
    which she said were her pay from her lovers;^(AD)
I will make them a thicket,^(AE)
    and wild animals will devour them.^(AF)
13 I will punish her for the days
    she burned incense^(AG) to the Baals;^(AH)
she decked herself with rings and jewelry,^(AI)
    and went after her lovers,^(AJ)
    but me she forgot,^(AK)”
declares the Lord.^(AL)