“the word of the Lord came again unto me saying”
Ezekiel 23
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1Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
“the word of the Lord came to me again, saying,”
2"Son of man, there were two women, daughters of the same mother,
“Son of man, there were two women who were the daughters of one mother.”
3and they played in Egypt, prostituting themselves from their youth. Their breasts were fondled there, and their virgin bosoms caressed.
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4The older was named Oholah, and her sister was named Oholibah. They became Mine and gave birth to sons and daughters. As for their identities, Oholah is Samaria, and Oholibah is Jerusalem.
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5Oholah prostituted herself while she was still Mine. She lusted after her lovers, the Assyrians—warriors
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6clothed in blue, governors and commanders, all desirable young men, horsemen mounted on steeds.
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7She offered sexual favors to all the elite of Assyria. She defiled herself with all the idols of those for whom she lusted.
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8She did not give up the prostitution she began in Egypt, when men slept with her in her youth, caressed her virgin bosom, and poured out their lust upon her.
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9Therefore I delivered her into the hands of her lovers, the Assyrians for whom she lusted.
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10They exposed her nakedness, seized her sons and daughters, and put her to the sword. Thus she became a byword among women, and they executed judgment against her.
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11Her sister Oholibah saw this, yet in her lust and prostitution she was more depraved than her sister.
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12She too lusted after the Assyrians—governors and commanders, warriors dressed in splendor, horsemen riding on steeds, all desirable young men.
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13And I saw that she too had defiled herself; both of them had taken the same path.
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14But Oholibah carried her prostitution even further. She saw the men portrayed on the wall, images of the Chaldeans, engraved in vermilion,
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15wearing belts on their waists and flowing turbans on their heads; all of them looked like officers of the Babylonians in Chaldea, the land of their birth.
“Girded with girdles upon their loins. Exceeding in dyed attire upon their heads. All of them princes to look to after the manner of the Babylonian of Chaldea in the land of their nativity.”
16At the sight of them, she lusted for them and sent messengers to them in Chaldea.
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17Then the Babylonians came to her, to the bed of love, and in their lust they defiled her. But after she had been defiled by them, she turned away in disgust.
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18When Oholibah openly prostituted herself and exposed her nakedness, I turned away from her in disgust, just as I had turned away from her sister.
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19Yet she multiplied her promiscuity, remembering the days of her youth, when she had prostituted herself in the land of Egypt
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20and lusted after their lovers, whose genitals were like those of donkeys and whose emission was like that of stallions.
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21So you revisited the indecency of your youth, when the Egyptians caressed your bosom and pressed your young breasts.
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22Therefore, Oholibah, this is what the Lord GOD says: 'I will incite your lovers against you, those from whom you turned away in disgust. And I will bring them against you from every side—
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23the Babylonians and all the Chaldeans, the men of Pekod, Shoa, and Koa, and all the Assyrians with them—all desirable young men, governors and commanders, officers and men of renown, mounted on horses.
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24They will come against you with a host of peoples, with weapons, chariots, and wagons. They will array themselves against you on every side with buckler and shield and helmet. I will delegate judgment to them, and they will punish you according to their own standards.
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25And I will set My jealous rage against you, and they will deal with you in fury. They will cut off your noses and ears, and your survivors will fall by the sword. They will seize your sons and daughters, and your remnant will be consumed by fire.
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26They will strip off your clothes and take your fine jewelry.
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27So I will put an end to your indecency and prostitution, which began in the land of Egypt, and you will not lift your eyes to them or remember Egypt anymore.'
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28For this is what the Lord GOD says: 'Surely I will deliver you into the hands of those you hate, from whom you turned away in disgust.
“For thus saith the Lord God, Behold, I will deliver thee into the hand of them whom thou hatest, into the hand of them from whom your mind is alienated.”
29They will treat you with hatred, take all for which you have worked, and leave you naked and bare, so that the shame of your prostitution will be exposed. Your indecency and promiscuity
“And they shall deal with thee hatefully. They shall take away all thy labor and they shall leave thee naked and bare. And the nakedness of thy whoredom shall be discovered, both thy lewdness and thy whoredoms.”
30have brought these things upon you, because you have prostituted yourself with the nations and defiled yourself with their idols.
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31Because you have followed the path of your sister, I will put her cup into your hand.'
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32This is what the Lord GOD says: 'You will drink your sister's cup, a cup deep and wide. It will bring scorn and derision, for it holds so much.
“Thus saith the Lord God, Thou shalt drink of thy sister's cup deep and large. Thou shalt be laughed to scorn and had in derision it containeth much.”
33You will be filled with drunkenness and grief, with a cup of devastation and desolation, the cup of your sister Samaria.
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34You will drink it and drain it; you will dash it to pieces, and tear your breasts. For I have spoken,' declares the Lord GOD.
“thou shalt even drink it and suck it out and shall break the shreds thereof and pluck off thine own breast for I have spoken it, saith the Lord God.”
35Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: 'Because you have forgotten Me and have cast Me behind your back, you must bear the consequences of your indecency and prostitution.'"
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36Then the LORD said to me: "Son of man, will you pass judgment against Oholah and Oholibah? Then declare to them their abominations.
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37For they have committed adultery, and blood is on their hands. They have committed adultery with their idols. They have even sacrificed their children, whom they bore to Me, in the fire as food for their idols.
“That they have committed adultery and blood is in their hands and with their idols they have committed adultery, and have also caused their sons whom they bear unto me to pass for them through the fire to devour them.”
38They have also done this to Me: On that very same day, they defiled My sanctuary and profaned My Sabbaths.
“moreover this they have done unto me, they have defiled my sanctuary in the same day, and have profaned my sabbaths,”
39On the very day they slaughtered their children for their idols, they entered My sanctuary to profane it. Yes, they did this inside My house.
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40Furthermore, you sisters sent messengers for men who came from afar; and behold, when they arrived, you bathed for them, painted your eyes, and adorned yourself with jewelry.
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41You sat on a couch of luxury with a table spread before it, on which you had set My incense and My oil,
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42accompanied by the sound of a carefree crowd. Drunkards were brought in from the desert along with men from the rabble, who put bracelets on your wrists and beautiful crowns on your head.
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43Then I said of her who had grown old in adulteries: 'Now let them use her as a prostitute, for that is all she is!'
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44And they slept with her as with a prostitute; they slept with Oholah and Oholibah, those lewd women.
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45But righteous men will sentence them to the punishment of those who commit adultery and bloodshed, because they are adulteresses with blood on their hands.
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46This is what the Lord GOD says: 'Bring a mob against them and consign them to terror and plunder.
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47The mob will stone them and cut them down with their swords. They will kill their sons and daughters and burn down their houses.
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48So I will put an end to indecency in the land, and all the women will be admonished not to imitate your behavior.
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49They will repay you for your indecency, and you will bear the consequences of your sins of idolatry. Then you will know that I am the Lord GOD.'"
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