“ Then Oholah lusted after other lovers instead of me, and she gave her love to the Assyrian officers.

“阿荷拉归我之后行邪淫，贪恋所爱的人，就是她的邻邦亚述人。

“阿荷拉归我之后却仍行淫，恋慕所爱的人，就是亚述人，都是战士，

“阿荷拉归我之后却仍行淫，恋慕所爱的人，就是亚述人，都是战士，

“阿荷拉归属我后仍然淫乱，贪恋她的情人——亚述人。

“阿荷拉嫁了我以后仍行邪淫，恋慕她的爱人，就是亚述的战士。

「阿荷拉歸我之後行邪淫，貪戀所愛的人，就是她的鄰邦亞述人。

「阿荷拉歸我之後卻仍行淫，戀慕所愛的人，就是亞述人，都是戰士，

「阿荷拉歸我之後卻仍行淫，戀慕所愛的人，就是亞述人，都是戰士，

「阿荷拉歸屬我後仍然淫亂，貪戀她的情人——亞述人。

“阿荷拉嫁了我以後仍行邪淫，戀慕她的愛人，就是亞述的戰士。

『阿荷拉在我手下的時候躭於邪淫，戀愛了她所愛的人，亞述人，

阿荷拉既歸我、乃行淫亂、戀其情人鄰邦亞述族、

亞何拉於歸之後、戀愛鄰邦亞述人、與之行淫。

阿荷拉于歸乎我之後行淫、戀其所愛者、即鄰邦亞述人、

“ Oholah engaged in prostitution while she was still mine; and she lusted after her lovers, the Assyrians— warriors

“ Oholah was unfaithful to me even while she still belonged to me. She longed for her Assyrian lovers. They included soldiers

“ Oholah played the whore while she was mine, and she lusted after her lovers the Assyrians, warriors

“ Oholah acted like a prostitute even though she was mine. She lusted after her lovers, the Assyrians: warriors

“ Oholah prostituted herself while she was Mine; and she lusted after her lovers, after the Assyrians, her neighbors,

“ Oholah played the harlot even though she was Mine; And she lusted for her lovers, the neighboring Assyrians,

And Oholah played the harlot when she was mine; and she doted on her lovers, on the Assyrians her neighbors,

“ Oholah acted like a prostitute even though she was Mine. She lusted after her lovers, the Assyrians: warriors

And Aholah played the harlot when she was mine; and she doted on her lovers, on the Assyrians[ her] neighbours,

“ Oholah engaged in prostitution while she was mine. She lusted after her lovers, the Assyrians– warriors

“ Oholah played the prostitute when she was mine. She doted on her lovers, on the Assyrians her neighbors,

Then King Tiglath pileser of Assyria invaded the land. But Menahem paid him thirty seven tons of silver to gain his support in tightening his grip on royal power.

King Shalmaneser of Assyria attacked King Hoshea, so Hoshea was forced to pay heavy tribute to Assyria.

“ When Israel and Judah saw how sick they were, Israel turned to Assyria— to the great king there— but he could neither help nor cure them.

King Ahaz sent messengers to King Tiglath pileser of Assyria with this message:“ I am your servant and your vassal. Come up and rescue me from the attacking armies of Aram and Israel.”

You have prostituted yourself with the Assyrians, too. It seems you can never find enough new lovers! And after your prostitution there, you still were not satisfied.

Like a wild donkey looking for a mate, they have gone up to Assyria. The people of Israel have sold themselves— sold themselves to many lovers.But though they have sold themselves to many allies, I will now gather them together for judgment. Then they will writhe under the burden of the great king.

And so she prostituted herself with the most desirable men of Assyria, worshiping their idols and defiling herself.

His worst outrage was worshiping idols just as the Amorites had done— the people whom the Lord had driven out from the land ahead of the Israelites.)

She lusted after lovers with genitals as large as a donkey’s and emissions like those of a horse.

But he did what was evil in the Lord’s sight and followed the example of his father, continuing the sins that Jeroboam had led Israel to commit.

“ And so I handed her over to her Assyrian lovers, whom she desired so much.

This idol will be carted away to Assyria, a gift to the great king there. Ephraim will be ridiculed and Israel will be shamed, because its people have trusted in this idol.

She fawned over all the Assyrian officers— those captains and commanders in handsome uniforms, those charioteers driving their horses— all of them attractive young men.

And as though it were not enough to follow the sinful example of Jeroboam, he married Jezebel, the daughter of King Ethbaal of the Sidonians, and he began to bow down in worship of Baal.First Ahab built a temple and an altar for Baal in Samaria.

He will abandon Israel because Jeroboam sinned and made Israel sin along with him.”

This was done because Jeroboam had provoked the anger of the Lord, the God of Israel, by the sins he had committed and the sins he had led Israel to commit.

this is what I am going to do. I will gather together all your allies— the lovers with whom you have sinned, both those you loved and those you hated— and I will strip you naked in front of them so they can stare at you.

When she saw these paintings, she longed to give herself to them, so she sent messengers to Babylonia to invite them to come to her.

A drought will strike her water supply, causing it to dry up. And why? Because the whole land is filled with idols, and the people are madly in love with them.

The people of Israel feed on the wind; they chase after the east wind all day long. They pile up lies and violence; they are making an alliance with Assyria while sending olive oil to buy support from Egypt.

You have done more evil than all who lived before you. You have made other gods for yourself and have made me furious with your gold calves. And since you have turned your back on me,

This disaster came upon the people of Israel because they worshiped other gods. They sinned against the Lord their God, who had brought them safely out of Egypt and had rescued them from the power of Pharaoh, the king of Egypt.They had followed the practices of the pagan nations the Lord had driven from the land ahead of them, as well as the practices the kings of Israel had introduced.The people of Israel had also secretly done many things that were not pleasing to the Lord their God. They built pagan shrines for themselves in all their towns, from the smallest outpost to the largest walled city.They set up sacred pillars and Asherah poles at the top of every hill and under every green tree.They offered sacrifices on all the hilltops, just like the nations the Lord had driven from the land ahead of them. So the people of Israel had done many evil things, arousing the Lord’s anger.Yes, they worshiped idols, despite the Lord’s specific and repeated warnings.Again and again the Lord had sent his prophets and seers to warn both Israel and Judah:“ Turn from all your evil ways. Obey my commands and decrees— the entire law that I commanded your ancestors to obey, and that I gave you through my servants the prophets.”But the Israelites would not listen. They were as stubborn as their ancestors who had refused to believe in the Lord their God.They rejected his decrees and the covenant he had made with their ancestors, and they despised all his warnings. They worshiped worthless idols, so they became worthless themselves. They followed the example of the nations around them, disobeying the Lord’s command not to imitate them.They rejected all the commands of the Lord their God and made two calves from metal. They set up an Asherah pole and worshiped Baal and all the forces of heaven.They even sacrificed their own sons and daughters in the fire. They consulted fortune tellers and practiced sorcery and sold themselves to evil, arousing the Lord’s anger.Because the Lord was very angry with Israel, he swept them away from his presence. Only the tribe of Judah remained in the land.