Before the guests went to bed, the men of Sodom surrounded the house. All the men of the city, both young and old, were there.

They called out to Lot and asked, "Where are the men who came to stay with you tonight? Bring them out to us!" The men of Sodom wanted to have sex with them.

Worst of all, there were men and women who served as prostitutes at those pagan places of worship. The people of Judah practiced all the shameful things done by the people whom the LORD had driven out of the land as the Israelites advanced into the country.

He expelled from the country all the male and female prostitutes serving at the pagan places of worship, and he removed all the idols his predecessors had made.

He got rid of all the male and female prostitutes serving at the pagan altars who were still left from the days of his father Asa.

King Josiah destroyed all the disgusting idols that were in the territory belonging to the people of Israel, and as long as he lived, he required the people to serve the LORD, the God of their ancestors.

Because they do this, God has given them over to shameful passions. Even the women pervert the natural use of their sex by unnatural acts.

In the same way the men give up natural sexual relations with women and burn with passion for each other. Men do shameful things with each other, and as a result they bring upon themselves the punishment they deserve for their wrongdoing.

All the skilled women brought fine linen thread and thread of blue, purple, and red wool, which they had made.

They also made thread of goats' hair.

So he took me to the north gate of the Temple and showed me women weeping over the death of the god Tammuz.

You used some of your clothes to decorate your places of worship, and just like a prostitute, you gave yourself to everyone.

I will punish her for the times that she forgot me, when she burned incense to Baal and put on her jewelry to go chasing after her lovers. The LORD has spoken.