4 ^wWill you judge them, son of man, will you judge them? ^xLet them know the abominations of their fathers, 5 and say to them, Thus says the Lord God: ^yOn the day when I chose Israel, ^zI swore¹ to the offspring of the house of Jacob, ^amaking myself known to them in the land of Egypt; ^zI swore to them, saying, I am the Lord your God. 6 On that day I swore to them that ^bI would bring them out of the land of Egypt into a land that I had searched out for them, a land ^bflowing with milk and honey, ^cthe most glorious of all lands. 7 And I said to them, ^d‘Cast away the detestable things ^eyour eyes feast on, every one of you, and do not defile yourselves with ^fthe idols of Egypt; ^gI am the Lord your God.’ 8 ^hBut they rebelled against me and were not willing to listen to me. ⁱNone of them cast away the detestable things their eyes feasted on, nor did they forsake the idols of Egypt.

“Then I said I would pour out my wrath upon them ^jand spend my anger against them in the midst of the land of Egypt. 9 ^kBut I acted ^lfor the sake of my name, ^mthat it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations among whom they lived, ⁿin whose sight I made myself known to them in bringing them out of the land of Egypt. 10 ^oSo I led them out of the land of Egypt and brought them into the wilderness.

19 Yet she increased her whoring, ⁱremembering the days of her youth, when she played the whore in the land of Egypt 20 and lusted after her lovers there, whose members were like those of donkeys, and whose issue was like that of horses. 21 Thus you longed for the lewdness of your youth, when the Egyptians handled your bosom and pressed¹ your young breasts.”