11. “Her sister Jerusalem saw what happened to Samaria. And so Jerusalem became worse than her sister in her sexual desire and prostitution.
12. She also desired the Assyrians. All of them—governors, commanders, warriors dressed in uniform, and horsemen—were handsome.
13. I saw that both girls were alike. Both of them were prostitutes.
14. “But Jerusalem went even further. She saw carvings of Babylonian men on a wall. They wore red
15. and had belts around their waists. They wore turbans on their heads. They all looked like chariot officers born in Babylonia.
16. When she saw them, she lusted after them. So she sent messengers to them in Babylonia.
17. So these Babylonian men came and had sinful physical relations with her. They made her unclean. After that, she became sick of them.