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So you longed for the lewdness of your youth, when in Egypt your bosom was caressed and your young breasts fondled.

So I will put a stop to the lewdness and prostitution you began in Egypt. You will not look on these things with longing or remember Egypt anymore.

You have gone the way of your sister; so I will put her cup into your hand.

"This is what the Sovereign LORD says: "You will drink your sister's cup, a cup large and deep; it will bring scorn and derision, for it holds so much.

And they slept with her. As men sleep with a prostitute, so they slept with those lewd women, Oholah and Oholibah.

"So I will put an end to lewdness in the land, that all women may take warning and not imitate you.

To stir up wrath and take revenge I put her blood on the bare rock, so that it would not be covered.

So heap on the wood and kindle the fire. Cook the meat well, mixing in the spices; and let the bones be charred.

Then set the empty pot on the coals till it becomes hot and its copper glows so its impurities may be melted and its deposit burned away.

So I spoke to the people in the morning, and in the evening my wife died. The next morning I did as I had been commanded.

So I said to them, "The word of the LORD came to me:

At that time your mouth will be opened; you will speak with him and will no longer be silent. So you will be a sign to them, and they will know that I am the LORD ."

I will give Moab along with the Ammonites to the people of the East as a possession, so that the Ammonites will not be remembered among the nations;

"This is what the Sovereign LORD says: 'Because Edom took revenge on the house of Judah and became very guilty by doing so,

His horses will be so many that they will cover you with dust. Your walls will tremble at the noise of the war horses, wagons and chariots when he enters your gates as men enter a city whose walls have been broken through.

You were anointed as a guardian cherub, for so I ordained you. You were on the holy mount of God; you walked among the fiery stones.

Through your widespread trade you were filled with violence, and you sinned. So I drove you in disgrace from the mount of God, and I expelled you, O guardian cherub, from among the fiery stones.

Your heart became proud on account of your beauty, and you corrupted your wisdom because of your splendor. So I threw you to the earth; I made a spectacle of you before kings.

By your many sins and dishonest trade you have desecrated your sanctuaries. So I made a fire come out from you, and it consumed you, and I reduced you to ashes on the ground in the sight of all who were watching.

It will be the lowliest of kingdoms and will never again exalt itself above the other nations. I will make it so weak that it will never again rule over the nations.