Ezekiel 16:23-35

23“ ‘How horrible! How horrible it will be for you! declares the Almighty Lord. After all your wickedness,

24you built yourself platforms and illegal worship sites in every city square.

25You also built worship sites at the head of every street. You used your beauty to seduce people there. You offered your body to everyone who passed by. You increased your acts of prostitution.

26You had sex with your lustful neighbors, the Egyptians. You used your prostitution to make me angry.

27“ ‘So I used my power against you. I took away some of your land, and I handed you over to your greedy enemies, the Philistines, who were ashamed of what you had done.

28“ ‘You had sex with the Assyrians because you weren’t satisfied. You still weren’t satisfied.

29So you increased your acts of prostitution to include the land of the merchants, the Babylonians. Even after that, you weren’t satisfied.

30“ ‘You have no will power! declares the Almighty Lord. You do everything a shameless prostitute does.

31You build your platforms at the head of every street and place your illegal worship sites in every square. Yet, you aren’t like other prostitutes, because you don’t want to be paid.

32You are an adulterous wife who prefers strangers to her husband.

33All prostitutes get paid. But you give gifts to all your lovers and bribe them to come to you from all directions to have sex with you.

34You are a different kind of prostitute. No one goes after you for favors. You are the opposite. You pay them, and you don’t accept payment.

35“ ‘Listen to the Lord’s word, you prostitute.