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Harlots » Warnings against
The man who loves wisdom brings joy to his father, but whoever associates with prostitutes wastes his wealth.
Suddenly a woman came out to meet him! She was dressed like a prostitute and with secret intent.
For her house sinks down to death, and her paths lead to the place of the departed spirits.
For the lips of the adulterous woman drip honey, and her seductive words are smoother than olive oil,
I will not punish your daughters when they commit prostitution, nor your daughters-in-law when they commit adultery. For the men consort with harlots, they sacrifice with temple prostitutes. It is true: "A people that lacks understanding will come to ruin!"
But when this son of yours came back, who has devoured your assets with prostitutes, you killed the fattened calf for him!'
Or do you not know that anyone who is united with a prostitute is one body with her? For it is said, "The two will become one flesh."
Insecurity of the wicked » Fall of the wicked foretold
The mouth of an adulteress is like a deep pit; the one against whom the Lord is angry will fall into it.
Are they ashamed because they have done such shameful things? No, they are not at all ashamed. They do not even know how to blush! So they will die, just like others have died. They will be brought to ruin when I punish them," says the Lord.
These are the ones who now take oaths in the name of the sinful idol goddess of Samaria. They vow, 'As surely as your god lives, O Dan,' or 'As surely as your beloved one lives, O Beer Sheba!' But they will fall down and not get up again."
The righteousness of the blameless will make straight their way, but the wicked person will fall by his own wickedness.
One who digs a pit may fall into it, and one who breaks through a wall may be bitten by a snake.
I will not punish your daughters when they commit prostitution, nor your daughters-in-law when they commit adultery. For the men consort with harlots, they sacrifice with temple prostitutes. It is true: "A people that lacks understanding will come to ruin!"
The Lord said to me, "Tell them, 'The Lord says, Do people not get back up when they fall down? Do they not turn around when they go the wrong way?
Sodomites » And is the translation of a hebrew feminine form of the word translated elsewhere "sodomite"
I will not punish your daughters when they commit prostitution, nor your daughters-in-law when they commit adultery. For the men consort with harlots, they sacrifice with temple prostitutes. It is true: "A people that lacks understanding will come to ruin!"
The wicked » Devices of » Fall of the wicked foretold
The mouth of an adulteress is like a deep pit; the one against whom the Lord is angry will fall into it.
Are they ashamed because they have done such shameful things? No, they are not at all ashamed. They do not even know how to blush! So they will die, just like others have died. They will be brought to ruin when I punish them," says the Lord.
These are the ones who now take oaths in the name of the sinful idol goddess of Samaria. They vow, 'As surely as your god lives, O Dan,' or 'As surely as your beloved one lives, O Beer Sheba!' But they will fall down and not get up again."
The righteousness of the blameless will make straight their way, but the wicked person will fall by his own wickedness.
One who digs a pit may fall into it, and one who breaks through a wall may be bitten by a snake.
I will not punish your daughters when they commit prostitution, nor your daughters-in-law when they commit adultery. For the men consort with harlots, they sacrifice with temple prostitutes. It is true: "A people that lacks understanding will come to ruin!"
The Lord said to me, "Tell them, 'The Lord says, Do people not get back up when they fall down? Do they not turn around when they go the wrong way?
Women » Harlots » Warnings against
The man who loves wisdom brings joy to his father, but whoever associates with prostitutes wastes his wealth.
Suddenly a woman came out to meet him! She was dressed like a prostitute and with secret intent.
For her house sinks down to death, and her paths lead to the place of the departed spirits.
For the lips of the adulterous woman drip honey, and her seductive words are smoother than olive oil,
I will not punish your daughters when they commit prostitution, nor your daughters-in-law when they commit adultery. For the men consort with harlots, they sacrifice with temple prostitutes. It is true: "A people that lacks understanding will come to ruin!"
But when this son of yours came back, who has devoured your assets with prostitutes, you killed the fattened calf for him!'
Or do you not know that anyone who is united with a prostitute is one body with her? For it is said, "The two will become one flesh."
Women » Wicked » Zeal of, in licentious practices of idolatry
He tore down the quarters of the male cultic prostitutes in the Lord's temple, where women were weaving shrines for Asherah.
They sacrifice on the mountaintops, and burn offerings on the hills; they sacrifice under oak, poplar, and terebinth, because their shade is so pleasant. As a result, your daughters have become cult prostitutes, and your daughters-in-law commit adultery! I will not punish your daughters when they commit prostitution, nor your daughters-in-law when they commit adultery. For the men consort with harlots, they sacrifice with temple prostitutes. It is true: "A people that lacks understanding will come to ruin!"