Ezekiel 23:1-10

1 The word of the Lord came to me:
2 Mortal, there were two women, the daughters of one mother;
3 they played the whore in Egypt; they played the whore in their youth; their breasts were caressed there, and their virgin bosoms were fondled.
4 Oholah was the name of the elder and Oholibah the name of her sister. They became mine, and they bore sons and daughters. As for their names, Oholah is Samaria, and Oholibah is Jerusalem
5 Oholah played the whore while she was mine; she lusted after her lovers the Assyrians, warriors
6 clothed in blue, governors and commanders, all of them handsome young men, mounted horsemen.
7 She bestowed her favors upon them, the choicest men of Assyria all of them; and she defiled herself with all the idols of everyone for whom she lusted.
8 She did not give up her whorings that she had practiced since Egypt; for in her youth men had lain with her and fondled her virgin bosom and poured out their lust upon her.
9 Therefore I delivered her into the hands of her lovers, into the hands of the Assyrians, for whom she lusted.
10 These uncovered her nakedness; they seized her sons and her daughters; and they killed her with the sword. Judgment was executed upon her, and she became a byword among women.

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Meaning of Heb uncertain
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