"You have journeyedto the kingwith oilAnd increasedyour perfumes;You have sentyour envoysa great distanceAnd made [them] godownto Sheol.
"I have sprinkledmy bedWith myrrh,aloesand cinnamon.
So the [common] manhas beenhumbledAnd the man[of importance] has beenabased,But do not forgivethem.
"Men givegiftsto allharlots,but you giveyour giftsto allyour loversto bribethem to cometo you from everydirectionfor your harlotries.
"When she sawthem she lustedafterthem and sentmessengersto them in Chaldea.
"Furthermore,they have evensentfor menwho comefrom afar,to whoma messengerwas sent;and lo,they came--for whomyou bathed,paintedyour eyesand decoratedyourselveswith ornaments;
"Then the kingwill doas he pleases,and he will exaltand magnifyhimself aboveeverygodand will speakmonstrousthingsagainstthe Godof gods;and he will prosperuntilthe indignationis finished,for that which is decreedwill be done.
Ephraimfeedson wind,And pursuesthe eastwindcontinually;He multipliesliesand violence.Moreover, he makesa covenantwith Assyria,And oilis carriedto Egypt.
So Ephraimhas becomelike a sillydove,withoutsense;They callto Egypt,they goto Assyria.
Let no onekeep defrauding you of your prizeby delightingin self-abasementand the worshipof the angels,taking his standon [visions] he has seen,inflatedwithout causeby his fleshlymind,
