“So it is with a woman
Who leaves her husband.
She presents him
With an heir
By another man.
First of all,
She has disobeyed
The law of the Most High.
Second,
She has committed an offense
Against her husband.
Third,
Through her fornication
She has committed adultery.
She has brought forth children
By another man.
She herself will be brought
Before the assembly.
Her punishment will extent
To her children.
Her children will not take root.
Her branches will not bear fruit.
She will leave behind
An accursed memory.
Her disgrace will never
Be blotted out.
Those who survive her
Will recognize
That nothing is better
Than the fear of the Lord.
Nothing is sweeter
Than to heed
The commandments of the Lord.”
There seems to be a worse punishment for the female adulterer. She has left her husband and had a child with another man. It is not clear that if she did not have a child, whether she would be punished. She has done 3 things wrong. She disobeyed the law of the Most High God. She has offended her husband. She has committed adultery. Instead of seizing her in the streets, like the male adulterer, she is brought before the assembly for a humiliating action of some sort. Her children will be punished. They apparently will not have heirs. She will leave behind a cursed memory that will never be blotted out. Everyone should recognize that there is nothing better than the fear of the Lord. There is nothing sweeter than to follow the commandments of the Lord.