She did not give up the prostitution she began in Egypt,(A) when during her youth men slept with her, caressed her virgin bosom and poured out their lust on her.(B)

“Therefore I delivered her into the hands(C) of her lovers,(D) the Assyrians, for whom she lusted.(E) 10 They stripped(F) her naked, took away her sons and daughters and killed her with the sword. She became a byword among women,(G) and punishment was inflicted(H) on her.(I)

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Neither left she her whoredoms brought from Egypt: for in her youth they lay with her, and they bruised the breasts of her virginity, and poured their whoredom upon her.

Wherefore I have delivered her into the hand of her lovers, into the hand of the Assyrians, upon whom she doted.

10 These discovered her nakedness: they took her sons and her daughters, and slew her with the sword: and she became famous among women; for they had executed judgment upon her.

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