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As men sleep with a prostitute, so they slept with those lewd women, Oholah and Oholibah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/ezekiel/23.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />And that is what they did. They had sex with Oholah and Oholibah, these shameless prostitutes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/ezekiel/23.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />For they have gone in to her, as men go in to a prostitute. Thus they went in to Oholah and to Oholibah, lewd women!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/23.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />And they slept with her as with a prostitute; they slept with Oholah and Oholibah, those lewd women.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/ezekiel/23.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Yet they went in unto her, as they go in unto a woman that playeth the harlot: so went they in unto Aholah and unto Aholibah, the lewd women.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/ezekiel/23.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Yet they went in to her, as men go in to a woman who plays the harlot; thus they went in to Oholah and Oholibah, the lewd women.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/ezekiel/23.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />But they went in to her as they would go in to a prostitute. This is how they went in to Oholah and to Oholibah, the lewd women.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/23.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220But they went in to her as they would go in to a harlot. Thus they went in to Oholah and to Oholibah, the lewd women.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/ezekiel/23.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“But they went in to her as they would go in to a harlot. Thus they went in to Oholah and to Oholibah, the lewd women.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/ezekiel/23.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />But they went in to her as they would go in to a harlot. Thus they went in to Oholah and to Oholibah, the lewd women.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/ezekiel/23.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />But they committed adultery with her as they would with a prostitute. So they went in to Oholah (Israel) and to Oholibah (Judah), the lewd women.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/ezekiel/23.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Yet they had sex with her as one does with a prostitute. This is how they had sex with Oholah and Oholibah, those depraved women.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/ezekiel/23.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Yet they had sex with her as one does with a prostitute. This is how they had sex with Oholah and Oholibah, those obscene women. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/ezekiel/23.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And they went in unto her, as they go in unto a harlot: so went they in unto Oholah and unto Oholibah, the lewd women.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/ezekiel/23.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />In fact, the men had sex over and over with Oholah and Oholibah, the two sinful sisters. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/ezekiel/23.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And they went in unto her, as they go in unto an harlot: so went they in unto Oholah and unto Oholibah, the lewd women.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/ezekiel/23.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Men slept with her. They slept with those sinful women, Oholah and Oholibah just as they slept with a prostitute.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/ezekiel/23.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />They went back to these prostitutes again and again. They went back to Oholah and Oholibah, those immoral women. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/ezekiel/23.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />They've gone to her, like men do, to have sex with a prostitute. They had sex with Oholah and Oholibah, those licentious women. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/ezekiel/23.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />And they slept with her as with a prostitute; they slept with Oholah and Oholibah, those lewd women.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/ezekiel/23.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />They had sex with her as one does with a prostitute. In this way they had sex with Oholah and Oholibah, promiscuous women.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/ezekiel/23.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />They went in to her, as they go in to a prostitute: so went they in to Oholah and to Oholibah, the lewd women.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/ezekiel/23.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Yet they went in to her, as they go in to a woman that playeth the harlot: so they went in to Aholah and to Aholibah, the lewd women.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/ezekiel/23.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />They went in to her, as they go in to a prostitute. So they went in to Oholah and to Oholibah, the lewd women. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/ezekiel/23.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And they come in to her, "" As the coming in to a whorish woman, "" So they have come in to Aholah, "" And to Aholibah—the wicked women.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/ezekiel/23.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And they come in unto her, As the coming in unto a whorish woman, So they have come in unto Aholah, And unto Aholibah -- the wicked women.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/ezekiel/23.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And they will go in to her as going in to a woman an harlot; thus they went in to Aholah and to Aholibah, the women of wickedness.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/ezekiel/23.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And they went in to her, as to a harlot: so went they in unto Oolla, and Ooliba, wicked women. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/ezekiel/23.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And they entered to her, as if to a kept woman. So did they enter to Oholah and Oholibah, nefarious women.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/ezekiel/23.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />And indeed they did come in to her as men come in to a prostitute. Thus they came to Oholah and Oholibah, the depraved women.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/ezekiel/23.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />For they have gone in to her, as one goes in to a whore. Thus they went in to Oholah and to Oholibah, wanton women.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/ezekiel/23.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And they went in to them as to a woman who plays the harlot; so went they in to Ahlah and to Ahlibah, the harlots.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/ezekiel/23.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And they have been going into them as those go into a woman who is a whore; thus they were going into Ahlah and into Ahlibah, female whores<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/ezekiel/23.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />For every one went in unto her, as men go in unto a harlot; so went they in unto Oholah and unto Oholibah, the lewd women.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/ezekiel/23.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And they went in to her, as <i>men</i> go in to a harlot; so they went in to Oola and to Ooliba to work iniquity.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/ezekiel/23-44.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vET3Gmwku4s?start=6824" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/23.htm">Judgment on Both Sisters</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">43</span>Then I said of her who had grown old in adulteries: ‘Now let them use her as a prostitute, for that is all she is!’ <span class="reftext">44</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: way·yā·ḇō·w (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">And they slept</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’ê·le·hā (Prep:: 3fs) -- To, into, towards. ">with her</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. "></a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: kə·ḇō·w (Prep-k:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">as with</a> <a href="/hebrew/802.htm" title="802: ’iš·šāh (N-fs) -- Woman, wife, female. Feminine of 'iysh or 'enowsh; irregular plural, nashiym; a woman.">a prostitute;</a> <a href="/hebrew/2181.htm" title="2181: zō·w·nāh (N-fs) -- To commit fornication, be a harlot. A primitive root; to commit adultery; figuratively, to commit idolatry."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3651.htm" title="3651: kên (Adv) -- So, thus. From kuwn; properly, set upright; hence just; but usually rightly or so."></a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: bā·’ū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">they slept with</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. "></a> <a href="/hebrew/170.htm" title="170: ’ā·ho·lāh (N-proper-fs) -- In form a feminine of 'ohel, but in fact for.Oholahh; from 'ohel; her tent; Oholah, a symbol. Name for Samaria.">Oholah</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: wə·’el- (Conj-w:: Prep) -- To, into, towards. "></a> <a href="/hebrew/172.htm" title="172: ’ā·ho·lî·ḇāh (N-proper-fs) -- (similarly with 'Oholah) for hoholiybahh; from 'ohel; my tent (is) in her; Oholibah, a symbolic name for Judah.">and Oholibah,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2154.htm" title="2154: haz·zim·māh (Art:: N-fs) -- A plan, device, wickedness. Or zammah; from zamam; a plan, especially a bad one.">those lewd</a> <a href="/hebrew/802.htm" title="802: ’iš·šōṯ (N-fpc) -- Woman, wife, female. Feminine of 'iysh or 'enowsh; irregular plural, nashiym; a woman.">women.</a> </span><span class="reftext">45</span>But righteous men will sentence them to the punishment of those who commit adultery and bloodshed, because they are adulteresses with blood on their hands.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/3-6.htm">Jeremiah 3:6-9</a></span><br />Now in the days of King Josiah, the LORD said to me, “Have you seen what faithless Israel has done? She has gone up on every high hill and under every green tree to prostitute herself there. / I thought that after she had done all these things, she would return to Me. But she did not return, and her unfaithful sister Judah saw it. / She saw that because faithless Israel had committed adultery, I gave her a certificate of divorce and sent her away. Yet that unfaithful sister Judah had no fear and prostituted herself as well. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/2-2.htm">Hosea 2:2-5</a></span><br />Rebuke your mother, rebuke her, for she is not My wife, and I am not her husband. Let her remove the adultery from her face and the unfaithfulness from between her breasts. / Otherwise, I will strip her naked and expose her like the day of her birth. I will make her like a desert and turn her into a parched land, and I will let her die of thirst. / I will have no compassion on her children, because they are the children of adultery. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/17-1.htm">Revelation 17:1-5</a></span><br />Then one of the seven angels with the seven bowls came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the punishment of the great prostitute, who sits on many waters. / The kings of the earth were immoral with her, and those who dwell on the earth were intoxicated with the wine of her immorality.” / And the angel carried me away in the Spirit into a wilderness, where I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast that was covered with blasphemous names and had seven heads and ten horns. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/13-27.htm">Jeremiah 13:27</a></span><br />Your adulteries and lustful neighings, your shameless prostitution on the hills and in the fields—I have seen your detestable acts. Woe to you, O Jerusalem! How long will you remain unclean?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/4-12.htm">Hosea 4:12-14</a></span><br />My people consult their wooden idols, and their divining rods inform them. For a spirit of prostitution leads them astray and they have played the harlot against their God. / They sacrifice on the mountaintops and burn offerings on the hills, under oak, poplar, and terebinth, because their shade is pleasant. And so your daughters turn to prostitution and your daughters-in-law to adultery. / I will not punish your daughters when they prostitute themselves, nor your daughters-in-law when they commit adultery. For the men themselves go off with prostitutes and offer sacrifices with shrine prostitutes. So a people without understanding will come to ruin.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/18-3.htm">Revelation 18:3</a></span><br />All the nations have drunk the wine of the passion of her immorality. The kings of the earth were immoral with her, and the merchants of the earth have grown wealthy from the extravagance of her luxury.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/57-3.htm">Isaiah 57:3-8</a></span><br />“But come here, you sons of a sorceress, you offspring of adulterers and prostitutes! / Whom are you mocking? At whom do you sneer and stick out your tongue? Are you not children of transgression, offspring of deceit, / who burn with lust among the oaks, under every luxuriant tree, who slaughter your children in the valleys, under the clefts of the rocks? ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/2-20.htm">Jeremiah 2:20-25</a></span><br />“For long ago you broke your yoke and tore off your chains, saying, ‘I will not serve!’ Indeed, on every high hill and under every green tree you lay down as a prostitute. / I had planted you like a choice vine from the very best seed. How could you turn yourself before Me into a rotten, wild vine? / Although you wash with lye and use an abundance of soap, the stain of your guilt is still before Me,” declares the Lord GOD. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/6-15.htm">1 Corinthians 6:15-18</a></span><br />Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ and unite them with a prostitute? Never! / Or don’t you know that he who unites himself with a prostitute is one with her in body? For it is said, “The two will become one flesh.” / But he who unites himself with the Lord is one with Him in spirit. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/9-1.htm">Hosea 9:1</a></span><br />Do not rejoice, O Israel, with exultation like the nations, for you have played the harlot against your God; you have made love for hire on every threshing floor.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/2-20.htm">Revelation 2:20-22</a></span><br />But I have this against you: You tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess. By her teaching she misleads My servants to be sexually immoral and to eat food sacrificed to idols. / Even though I have given her time to repent of her immorality, she is unwilling. / Behold, I will cast her onto a bed of sickness, and those who commit adultery with her will suffer great tribulation unless they repent of her deeds.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/5-7.htm">Jeremiah 5:7-8</a></span><br />“Why should I forgive you? Your children have forsaken Me and sworn by gods that are not gods. I satisfied their needs, yet they committed adultery and assembled at the houses of prostitutes. / They are well-fed, lusty stallions, each neighing after his neighbor’s wife.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/james/4-4.htm">James 4:4</a></span><br />You adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore, whoever chooses to be a friend of the world renders himself an enemy of God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/1-21.htm">Isaiah 1:21</a></span><br />See how the faithful city has become a harlot! She once was full of justice; righteousness resided within her, but now only murderers!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_peter/2-14.htm">2 Peter 2:14</a></span><br />Their eyes are full of adultery; their desire for sin is never satisfied; they seduce the unstable. They are accursed children with hearts trained in greed.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Yet they went in to her, as they go in to a woman that plays the harlot: so went they in to Aholah and to Aholibah, the lewd women.</p><p class="hdg">so went</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/23-3.htm">Ezekiel 23:3,9-13</a></b></br> And they committed whoredoms in Egypt; they committed whoredoms in their youth: there were their breasts pressed, and there they bruised the teats of their virginity… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ezekiel/23-36.htm">Aholah</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-36.htm">Aholibah</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-43.htm">Commit</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-43.htm">Harlot</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-43.htm">Lewd</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-36.htm">Oholah</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-36.htm">Oho'lah</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-36.htm">Oholibah</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-36.htm">Ohol'ibah</a> <a href="/proverbs/12-9.htm">Playeth</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-43.htm">Prostitute</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-57.htm">Sleep</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-8.htm">Slept</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-30.htm">Whorish</a> <a href="/ezekiel/21-29.htm">Wicked</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-42.htm">Women</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ezekiel/23-4.htm">Aholah</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-4.htm">Aholibah</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-45.htm">Commit</a> <a href="/hosea/2-5.htm">Harlot</a> <a href="/ezekiel/43-7.htm">Lewd</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-4.htm">Oholah</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-4.htm">Oho'lah</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-4.htm">Oholibah</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-4.htm">Ohol'ibah</a> <a href="/ezekiel/33-32.htm">Playeth</a> <a href="/hosea/2-5.htm">Prostitute</a> <a href="/ezekiel/34-25.htm">Sleep</a> <a href="/ezekiel/34-25.htm">Slept</a> <a href="/proverbs/6-26.htm">Whorish</a> <a href="/ezekiel/30-12.htm">Wicked</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-45.htm">Women</a><div class="vheading2">Ezekiel 23</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/23-1.htm">The unfaithfulness of Aholah and Aholibah</a></span><br><span class="reftext">23. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/23-23.htm">Aholibah is to be plagued by her lovers</a></span><br><span class="reftext">36. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/23-36.htm">The prophet reproves the adulteries of them both</a></span><br><span class="reftext">45. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/23-45.htm">and shows their judgments</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/ezekiel/23.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/ezekiel/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/ezekiel/23.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>And they slept with her as with a prostitute;</b><br>This phrase uses the metaphor of prostitution to describe the spiritual unfaithfulness of Israel and Judah. In biblical times, prostitution was often used as a symbol for idolatry and unfaithfulness to God. The act of "sleeping with" someone in this context signifies engaging in idolatrous practices and forming alliances with pagan nations, which was considered spiritual adultery. This imagery is consistent with other prophetic writings, such as Hosea, where Israel is depicted as an unfaithful wife. The use of prostitution as a metaphor underscores the gravity of Israel's betrayal of their covenant relationship with God.<p><b>they slept with Oholah and Oholibah,</b><br>Oholah and Oholibah are symbolic names given to Samaria and Jerusalem, respectively. Oholah means "her own tent," referring to Samaria, the capital of the Northern Kingdom of Israel, which set up its own places of worship apart from Jerusalem. Oholibah means "my tent is in her," referring to Jerusalem, the capital of the Southern Kingdom of Judah, where the temple of God was located. The use of these names highlights the separate identities and spiritual failings of the two kingdoms. Historically, both kingdoms engaged in political and religious alliances with surrounding nations, leading to their downfall. This phrase emphasizes their shared guilt in abandoning their exclusive devotion to God.<p><b>those lewd women.</b><br>The term "lewd" indicates moral corruption and shamelessness. In the context of Ezekiel, it refers to the extreme idolatry and moral decay of both Samaria and Jerusalem. The prophets often used strong language to convey the seriousness of Israel's sin and the resulting judgment. This description serves as a warning to the people of God about the consequences of turning away from Him. The imagery of lewdness also connects to the broader biblical theme of purity and holiness, which God desires for His people. The prophetic message calls for repentance and a return to faithfulness, foreshadowing the ultimate redemption and restoration through Jesus Christ, who embodies perfect faithfulness and purity.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/e/ezekiel.htm">Ezekiel</a></b><br>A prophet of God who ministered to the Israelites during their Babylonian exile. He is known for his vivid visions and symbolic acts.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/o/oholah_and_oholibah.htm">Oholah and Oholibah</a></b><br>Symbolic names representing Samaria and Jerusalem, respectively. These names are used to depict the spiritual unfaithfulness of the two cities.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/s/samaria.htm">Samaria</a></b><br>The capital of the Northern Kingdom of Israel, often criticized by prophets for idolatry and alliances with pagan nations.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/j/jerusalem.htm">Jerusalem</a></b><br>The capital of the Southern Kingdom of Judah, also condemned for similar spiritual adultery and idolatry.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/b/babylonian_exile.htm">Babylonian Exile</a></b><br>The period when the Israelites were taken captive by Babylon, serving as a backdrop for Ezekiel's prophecies.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/s/spiritual_adultery.htm">Spiritual Adultery</a></b><br>Just as Oholah and Oholibah were unfaithful, believers today must guard against idolatry and spiritual compromise. Our relationship with God should be exclusive and pure.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/consequences_of_sin.htm">Consequences of Sin</a></b><br>The passage highlights the severe consequences of turning away from God. It serves as a warning to remain faithful and obedient to His commands.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_call_to_repentance.htm">God's Call to Repentance</a></b><br>Despite the harsh imagery, God's desire is for His people to return to Him. Repentance and restoration are always possible through His grace.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_danger_of_worldly_alliances.htm">The Danger of Worldly Alliances</a></b><br>The alliances with pagan nations led to Israel and Judah's downfall. Believers are cautioned against forming partnerships that compromise their faith.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_prophets.htm">The Role of Prophets</a></b><br>Ezekiel's bold message reminds us of the importance of speaking truth, even when it is uncomfortable. We are called to be voices of truth in our communities.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_ezekiel_23.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Ezekiel 23</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/who_are_oholah_and_oholibah.htm">Who were Oholah and Oholibah in the Bible?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_are_samaria_and_jerusalem_immoral.htm">Why does Ezekiel 23:4 personify Samaria and Jerusalem as immoral sisters, and is there historical or archeological evidence to support these specific accusations?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_is_ezekiel_23's_imagery_reconciled.htm">How can the graphic sexual imagery in Ezekiel 23:3 and 20 be reconciled with the holiness and purity usually attributed to Scripture?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/do_non-biblical_sources_support_ezekiel_23.htm">Do any ancient sources outside the Bible corroborate the nations' interventions described in Ezekiel 23, or is the account solely a theological narrative?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/ezekiel/23.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(44) <span class= "bld">Unto Aholah and unto Aholibah.</span>--From <a href="/context/ezekiel/23-11.htm" title="And when her sister Aholibah saw this, she was more corrupt in her inordinate love than she, and in her prostitutions more than her sister in her prostitutions.">Ezekiel 23:11-35</a> the discourse has been altogether of Aholibah, as the one now immediately concerned; but from <a href="/context/ezekiel/23-36.htm" title="The LORD said moreover to me; Son of man, will you judge Aholah and Aholibah? yes, declare to them their abominations;">Ezekiel 23:36-44</a>, in the enumeration of their sins, both are included, though in the greater part of these verses the singular number is used, because Aholibah was most prominent in the prophet's thoughts. In the denunciation of judgment, with which the prophecy closes (<a href="/context/ezekiel/23-45.htm" title="And the righteous men, they shall judge them after the manner of adulteresses, and after the manner of women that shed blood; because they are adulteresses, and blood is in their hands.">Ezekiel 23:45-49</a>), both are again spoken of in the plural, because, although Aholah had long since suffered, it was important to show that common sin involved both in common punishment.<p><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/ezekiel/23-44.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">And they slept</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיָּב֣וֹא</span> <span class="translit">(way·yā·ḇō·w)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_935.htm">Strong's 935: </a> </span><span class="str2">To come in, come, go in, go</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with her</span><br /><span class="heb">אֵלֶ֔יהָ</span> <span class="translit">(’ê·le·hā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> </span><span class="str2">Near, with, among, to</span><br /><br /><span class="word">as with</span><br /><span class="heb">כֵּ֣ן</span> <span class="translit">(kên)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3651.htm">Strong's 3651: </a> </span><span class="str2">So -- thus</span><br /><br /><span class="word">a prostitute;</span><br /><span class="heb">אִשָּׁ֣ה</span> <span class="translit">(’iš·šāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_802.htm">Strong's 802: </a> </span><span class="str2">Woman, wife, female</span><br /><br /><span class="word">they slept with</span><br /><span class="heb">כְּב֖וֹא</span> <span class="translit">(kə·ḇō·w)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-k | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_935.htm">Strong's 935: </a> </span><span class="str2">To come in, come, go in, go</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Oholah</span><br /><span class="heb">אָֽהֳלָה֙</span> <span class="translit">(’ā·ho·lāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_170.htm">Strong's 170: </a> </span><span class="str2">Oholah -- 'she who has a tent', a symbolic name for Samaria</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and Oholibah,</span><br /><span class="heb">אָ֣הֳלִיבָ֔ה</span> <span class="translit">(’ā·ho·lî·ḇāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_172.htm">Strong's 172: </a> </span><span class="str2">Oholibah -- 'tent in her', a symbolic name for Jerusalem</span><br /><br /><span class="word">those lewd</span><br /><span class="heb">הַזִּמָּֽה׃</span> <span class="translit">(haz·zim·māh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2154.htm">Strong's 2154: </a> </span><span class="str2">A plan, device, wickedness</span><br /><br /><span class="word">women.</span><br /><span class="heb">אִשֹּׁ֖ת</span> <span class="translit">(’iš·šōṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_802.htm">Strong's 802: </a> </span><span class="str2">Woman, wife, female</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/ezekiel/23-44.htm">Ezekiel 23:44 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/ezekiel/23-44.htm">Ezekiel 23:44 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/ezekiel/23-44.htm">Ezekiel 23:44 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/23-44.htm">Ezekiel 23:44 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/ezekiel/23-44.htm">Ezekiel 23:44 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/ezekiel/23-44.htm">Ezekiel 23:44 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/ezekiel/23-44.htm">Ezekiel 23:44 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/ezekiel/23-44.htm">Ezekiel 23:44 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/ezekiel/23-44.htm">Ezekiel 23:44 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/ezekiel/23-44.htm">Ezekiel 23:44 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/ezekiel/23-44.htm">OT Prophets: Ezekiel 23:44 They went in to her as they (Ezek. 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