The Holy Scripture expressly declares that Aholah is the emblem of Jerusalem. "Son of man, cause Jerusalem to know her abominations; thy father was an Amorite, and thy mother was a Hittite." The prophet then, without any apprehension of malignant interpretations or wanton railleries, addresses the young Aholah in the following words: "_Ubera tua intumuerunt, et pilus tuus germinavit; et eras nuda et confusione plena_."--"Thy breasts were fashioned, and thy hair was grown, and thou wast naked and confused." "_Et transivi per te; et ecce tempus tuum, tempus amantium; et expandi amictum meum super te et operui ignominiam tuam. Et juravi tibi, et ingressus sum pactum tecum (ait Dominus Deus), et facta es mihi_."--"I passed by and saw thee; and saw thy time was come, thy time for lovers; and I spread my mantle over thee and concealed thy shame. And I swore to thee, and entered into a contract with thee, and thou becamest mine." "_Et habens fiduciam in pulchritudine tua fornicata es in nomine tuo; et exposuisti fornicationem tuam omni transeunti, at ejus fieres_."--"And, proud of thy beauty, thou didst commit fornication without disguise, and hast exposed thy fornication to every passerby, to become his." "_Et ædificavisti tibi lupanar, et fecisti tibi prostibulum in cunctis plateis_."--"And thou hast built a high place for thyself, and a place of eminence in every public way." "_Et divisisti pedes tuos omni transeunti, et multiplicasti fornicationes tuas_."--"And thou hast opened thy feet to every passerby, and hast multiplied thy fornications." "_Et fornicata es cum filiis Egypti vicinis tuis, magnarum carnium; et multiplicasti fornicationem tuam ad irritandum me_."--"And thou hast committed fornication with the Egyptians thy neighbors, powerful in the flesh; and thou hast multiplied thy fornication to provoke me." The article of Aholibah, which signifies Samaria, is much stronger and still further removed from the propriety and decorum of modern manners and language. "_Denudavit quoque fornicationes suas, discooperuit ignominiam suam_."--"And she has made bare her fornications and discovered her shame." "_Multiplicavit enim fornicationes suas, recordans dies adolescentiæ suæ_."--"For she has multiplied her fornications, remembering the days of her youth." "_Et insanivit libidine super concubitum eorum carnes sunt ut carnes asinorum, et sicut fluxus equorum, fluxus eorum_."--"And she has maddened for the embraces of those whose flesh is as the flesh of asses, and whose issue is as the issue of horses."