Ezekiel 23:44

44 And that is what they did. They had sex with Oholah and Oholibah, these shameless prostitutes.

Ezekiel 23:44 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 23:44

Yet they went in unto her
Made a league with one another, and joined in idolatrous worship: as they go in unto a woman that playeth the harlot;
with the same heat of lust, with the same greediness and eager desire as young men do when they go into a brothel house where a beautiful harlot lives: so went they in unto Aholah and unto Aholibah; the lewd women,
the ten tribes of Israel, and the two tribes of Judah and Benjamin, which apostatized from God, and committed idolatry; with these the Sabeans before mentioned, and other nations, joined in idolatrous worship.

Ezekiel 23:44 In-Context

42 From your room came the sound of many men carousing. They were lustful men and drunkards from the wilderness, who put bracelets on your wrists and beautiful crowns on your heads.
43 Then I said, ‘If they really want to have sex with old worn-out prostitutes like these, let them!’
44 And that is what they did. They had sex with Oholah and Oholibah, these shameless prostitutes.
45 But righteous people will judge these sister cities for what they really are—adulterers and murderers.
46 “Now this is what the Sovereign LORD says: Bring an army against them and hand them over to be terrorized and plundered.
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