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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.
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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.
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Therefore I delivered her into the hands of her lovers, into the hands of the Assyrians, for whom she lusted.
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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.
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Her sister Oholibah saw this, yet she was more corrupt than she in her lusting and in her whorings, which were worse than those of her sister.
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She lusted after the Assyrians, governors and commanders, warriors clothed in full armor, mounted horsemen, all of them handsome young men.
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And I saw that she was defiled; they both took the same way.
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But she carried her whorings further; she saw male figures carved on the wall, images of the Chaldeans portrayed in vermilion
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with belts around their waists, with flowing turbans on their heads, all of them looking like officers—a picture of Babylonians whose native land was Chaldea.
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When she saw them she lusted after them, and sent messengers to them in Chaldea.
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And the Babylonians came to her into the bed of love, and they defiled her with their lust; and after she defiled herself with them, she turned from them in disgust.
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When she carried on her whorings so openly and flaunted her nakedness, I turned in disgust from her, as I had turned from her sister.
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Yet she increased her whorings, remembering the days of her youth, when she played the whore in the land of Egyp
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and lusted after her paramours there, whose members were like those of donkeys, and whose emission was like that of stallions.
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Thus you longed for the lewdness of your youth, when the Egyptians fondled your bosom and caressed your young breasts
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Therefore, O Oholibah, thus says the Lord God: I will rouse against you your lovers from whom you turned in disgust, and I will bring them against you from every side:
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the Babylonians and all the Chaldeans, Pekod and Shoa and Koa, and all the Assyrians with them, handsome young men, governors and commanders all of them, officers and warriors, all of them riding on horses.
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They shall come against you from the north with chariots and wagons and a host of peoples; they shall set themselves against you on every side with buckler, shield, and helmet, and I will commit the judgment to them, and they shall judge you according to their ordinances.
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I will direct my indignation against you, in order that they may deal with you in fury. They shall cut off your nose and your ears, and your survivors shall fall by the sword. They shall seize your sons and your daughters, and your survivors shall be devoured by fire.
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They shall also strip you of your clothes and take away your fine jewels.
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So I will put an end to your lewdness and your whoring brought from the land of Egypt; you shall not long for them, or remember Egypt any more.