[16:23] The Sovereign Lord said, “You are doomed! Doomed! You did all that evil, and then
[16:24] by the side of every road you built places to worship idols and practice prostitution.
[16:25] You dragged your beauty through the mud. You offered yourself to everyone who came by, and you were more of a prostitute every day.
[16:26] You let your lustful neighbors, the Egyptians, go to bed with you, and you used your prostitution to make me angry.
[16:27] “Now I have raised my hand to punish you and to take away your share of my blessing. I have handed you over to the Philistines, who hate you and are disgusted with your immoral actions.
[16:28] “Because you were not satisfied by the others, you went running after the Assyrians. You were their prostitute, but they didn't satisfy you either.
[16:29] You were also a prostitute for the Babylonians, that nation of merchants, but they didn't satisfy you either.”
[16:30] This is what the Sovereign Lord is saying: “You have done all this like a shameless prostitute.
[16:31] On every street you built places to worship idols and practice prostitution. But you are not out for money like a common prostitute.
[16:32] You are like a woman who commits adultery with strangers instead of loving her husband.
[16:33] A prostitute is paid, but you gave presents to all your lovers and bribed them to come from everywhere to sleep with you.
[16:34] You are a special kind of prostitute. No one forced you to become one. You didn't get paid; you paid them! Yes, you are different.”