22 And if you say in your heart,
(A)“Why have these things come upon me?”
For the greatness of your iniquity
(B)Your skirts have been uncovered,
Your heels [a]made bare.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 13:22 Lit. suffer violence

26 Therefore (A)I will uncover your skirts over your face,
That your shame may appear.

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(A)Jerusalem has sinned gravely,
Therefore she has become [a]vile.
All who honored her despise her
Because (B)they have seen her nakedness;
Yes, she sighs and turns away.

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Footnotes

  1. Lamentations 1:8 LXX, Vg. moved or removed

“Therefore I have delivered her
Into the hand of her lovers,
Into the hand of the (A)Assyrians,
For whom she lusted.

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10 They uncovered her nakedness,
Took away her sons and daughters,
And slew her with the sword;
She became a byword among women,
For they had executed judgment on her.

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Judgment on Jerusalem

22 “Therefore, Oholibah, thus says the Lord God:

(A)‘Behold, I will stir up your lovers against you,
From whom you have alienated yourself,
And I will bring them against you from every side:

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29 (A)They will deal hatefully with you, take away all you have worked for, and (B)leave you naked and bare. The nakedness of your harlotry shall be uncovered, both your lewdness and your harlotry.

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10 Now (A)I will uncover her lewdness in the sight of her lovers,
And no one shall deliver her from My hand.

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10 Yes, though they have hired among the nations,
Now (A)I will gather them;
And they shall [a]sorrow a little,
Because of the [b]burden of (B)the king of princes.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 8:10 Or begin to diminish
  2. Hosea 8:10 Or oracle or proclamation

“Behold, I am (A)against you,” says the Lord of hosts;
(B)“I will lift your skirts over your face,
I will show the nations your nakedness,
And the kingdoms your shame.

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