Surelyshe lurksas a robber,And increasesthe faithlessamong men.
As she spoketo Josephdayafter day,he did not listento her to liebesideher [or] be with her.
The mouthof an adulteressis a deeppit;He who is cursedof the LORDwill fallinto it.
For on accountof a harlot[one is reduced] to a loafof bread,And an adulteresshuntsfor the preciouslife.
And behold,a woman[comes] to meethim, Dressedas a harlotand cunningof heart.
[She is] nowin the streets,nowin the squares,And lurksby everycorner.
But he does not knowthat the deadare there,[That] her guestsare in the depthsof Sheol.
And I discoveredmorebitterthandeaththe womanwhoseheartis snaresand nets,whose handsare chains.Onewhois pleasingto Godwill escapefrom her, but the sinnerwill be capturedby her.
"Liftup your eyesto the bareheightsand see;Wherehave you not been violated?By the roadsyou have satfor them Like an Arabin the desert,And you have polluteda landWith your harlotryand with your wickedness.
Harlotry,wineand newwinetakeaway the understanding.
While Israelremainedat Shittim,the peoplebeganto playthe harlotwith the daughtersof Moab.
Norlet us actimmorally,as someof them did,and twenty-threethousandfellin oneday.
