some of the heavenly beings saw that these young women were beautiful, so they took the ones they liked.

I have made a solemn promise never to look with lust at a woman.

Keep me from paying attention to what is worthless; be good to me, as you have promised.

Although she was mine, Oholah continued to be a prostitute and was full of lust for her lovers from Assyria.

They were soldiers in uniforms of purple, noblemen and high-ranking officers; all of them were handsome young cavalry officers.

She too was full of lust for the Assyrian noblemen and officers---soldiers in bright uniforms---and for the cavalry officers, all of those handsome young men.

"She sank deeper and deeper in her immorality. She was attracted by the images of high Babylonian officials carved into the wall and painted bright red, with sashes around their waists and fancy turbans on their heads.

As soon as she saw them, she was filled with lust and sent messengers to them in Babylonia.

But now I tell you: anyone who looks at a woman and wants to possess her is guilty of committing adultery with her in his heart.

They want to look for nothing but the chance to commit adultery; their appetite for sin is never satisfied. They lead weak people into a trap. Their hearts are trained to be greedy. They are under God's curse!

Everything that belongs to the world---what the sinful self desires, what people see and want, and everything in this world that people are so proud of---none of this comes from the Father; it all comes from the world.

As she offered them to him, he grabbed her and said, "Come to bed with me!"

You will be able to resist any immoral woman who tries to seduce you with her smooth talk,

If you do, others will gain the respect that you once had, and you will die young at the hands of merciless people.

She threw her arms around the young man, kissed him, looked him straight in the eye, and said,

That is why the rains were held back, and the spring showers did not come. You even look like a prostitute; you have no shame.

You dragged your beauty through the mud. You offered yourself to everyone who came by, and you were more of a prostitute every day.

You are like a woman who commits adultery with strangers instead of loving her husband.

You are a special kind of prostitute. No one forced you to become one. You didn't get paid; you paid them! Yes, you are different."