Yahweh will punish Jerusalem

22 “Oholibahrepresents you people of Jerusalem. Therefore, this is what I, Yahweh the Lord say: ‘I will cause those soldiers who loved you but whom you turned away from because you became disgusted with them, to be angry with you. I will cause them to come and attack you from every side— 23 soldiers from Babylon and all the other places in Babylonia, andtheir allies from Pekod and Shoa and Koaregions, and all the army of Assyria. Yes, all of them are handsome young men, army officers and commanders, officers who ride in chariots, all riding on horses. 24 Their huge army will attack you with weapons, riding in chariots and pulling wagons that will carry their army supplies. They will surround you, carrying large and small shields, and wearing helmets. I will allow them to capture you and punish you in the way that they always punishtheir enemies. 25 Because I am very angry with you, I will cause them to act very furiously toward you. They will cut off your noses and your ears. Then, those who are still alive, they will kill with their swords. They will take away your sons and daughters, and a fire will burn up those who remain alive. 26 They will strip off your clothes and your fine jewelry and take them away. 27 In that way, I will stop all the immoral behavior that began when you became a prostitute in Egypt. You will no longer desire to do those things, or think aboutwhat you did in Egypt.’

28 This is what I, Yahweh the Lord say: ‘I am about to allow those whom you hate, those you became disgusted with and turned away from, to capture you. 29 They will be cruel and take away everything that you have worked hard to acquire. They will leave you completely naked [DOU], and everyone will see that you truly are a prostitute. 30 It is because of what you have done that you will be punished like that; you have been an immoral prostitute; you have had sex with men of other nations, and you have caused yourselves to become unacceptable to me byworshiping their idols. 31 You have behaved likethe people of Samaria, who are like your older sister. So I will cause you to be punished [MET] like they were punished.’

32 This is what I, Yahweh the Lord, say: ‘You will suffer like people suffer when they drink from a cup a lot of strong alcoholic drink:

It will be as though you will drink from the cup that the people of Samaria drank from;

a big and tall cup.

Because of your drinking what is in that cup,

many people will scorn you and make fun of you

because there is a lot of liquid in that cup.

33 When you become very drunk,

you will become very sad,

becausedrinking what is in that cup [MTY] will cause you to become ruined and deserted,

like what happened [MET] to the people of Samaria, who are like [MET] your sister.

34 You will drink all the liquid that is in that cup;

then you will break that cup into pieces

anduse those pieces to gash/cut your breastsbecause you will be very sad.’

That will surely happen because I, Yahweh, have said it.

35 Therefore, this is what I, Yahweh the Lord, say: ‘Because you have forgotten me and rejected me [IDM], you must be punished for your immoral behavior and for beinglike a prostitute.’ ”