5 “Samaria left me. She went to her lover, Assyria. The Assyrians were warriors.
6 They wore blue uniforms. And all of them—governors, commanders and horsemen—were handsome.
7 Samaria became a prostitute for all the important men in Assyria. And she made herself unclean with all the idols of everyone she desired.
8 She continued the prostitution she began in Egypt. When she was young, she slept with men. They touched her breasts and sinned sexually with her.
9 “So I gave her to her lovers, the Assyrians, that she wanted so badly.
10 They stripped her naked and took away her sons and daughters. Then they killed her with a sword. Women everywhere began talking about how she had been punished.
11 “Her sister Jerusalem saw what happened to Samaria. And so Jerusalem became worse than her sister in her sexual desire and prostitution.