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Then I alienated Myself from her, As I had alienated Myself from her sister.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/ezekiel/23.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />She exposed her obscene practices and exposed her nakedness; then I turned away from her in disgust, just as I had turned away from her sister in disgust.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/23.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220She uncovered her harlotries and uncovered her nakedness; then I became disgusted with her, as I had become disgusted with her sister.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/ezekiel/23.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“And she uncovered her harlotries and uncovered her nakedness; then I became disgusted with her, as I had become disgusted with her sister.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/ezekiel/23.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />And she uncovered her harlotries and uncovered her nakedness; then My soul became disgusted with her, as My soul had become disgusted with her sister.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/ezekiel/23.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />So she flaunted her acts of prostitution and exposed her nakedness; then I became disgusted with her [and turned away], as I had become disgusted with her sister [and turned away].<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/ezekiel/23.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />When she flaunted her promiscuity and exposed her nakedness, I turned away from her in disgust just as I turned away from her sister.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/ezekiel/23.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />When she flaunted her promiscuity and exposed her nakedness, I turned away from her in disgust just as I turned away from her sister.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/ezekiel/23.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />So she uncovered her whoredoms, and uncovered her nakedness: then my soul was alienated from her, like as my soul was alienated from her sister.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/ezekiel/23.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />She let everyone see her naked body and didn't care if they knew she was a prostitute. That's why I turned my back on her, just as I had done with her older sister. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/ezekiel/23.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />So she discovered her whoredoms, and discovered her nakedness: then my soul was alienated from her, like as my soul was alienated from her sister.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/ezekiel/23.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />"She carried out her prostitution openly, and she lay around naked. I turned away from her in disgust as I had turned away from her sister.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/ezekiel/23.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />She exposed herself publicly and let everyone know she was a whore. I was as disgusted with her as I had been with her sister. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/ezekiel/23.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />She displayed her immorality publicly and stripped herself naked, so I turned away in disgust from her, just as I had turned away in disgust from her sister.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/ezekiel/23.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />When Oholibah openly prostituted herself and exposed her nakedness, I turned away from her in disgust, just as I had turned away from her sister.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/ezekiel/23.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />When she lustfully exposed her nakedness, I was disgusted with her, just as I had been disgusted with her sister.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/ezekiel/23.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />So she uncovered her prostitution, and uncovered her nakedness: then my soul was alienated from her, like as my soul was alienated from her sister.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/ezekiel/23.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />So she disclosed her lewd deeds, and exposed her nakedness: then my mind was alienated from her, as my mind was alienated from her sister.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/ezekiel/23.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />So she uncovered her prostitution and uncovered her nakedness. Then my soul was alienated from her, just like my soul was alienated from her sister. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/ezekiel/23.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And she reveals her whoredoms, "" And she reveals her nakedness, "" And My soul is alienated from off her, "" As My soul was alienated from off her sister.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/ezekiel/23.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And she revealeth her whoredoms, And she revealeth her nakedness, And alienated is My soul from off her, As alienated was My soul from off her sister.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/ezekiel/23.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And she will uncover her fornications, and she will uncover her nakedness: and my soul will be rent away from her, as my soul was rent away from her sister.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/ezekiel/23.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And she discovered her fornications, and discovered her disgrace: and my soul was alienated from her, as my soul was alienated from her sister. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/ezekiel/23.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Also, her fornications were uncovered, and her shame was revealed. And my soul withdrew from her, as my soul had withdrawn from her sister.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/ezekiel/23.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />When her prostitution was discovered and her shame revealed, I recoiled from her as I had recoiled from her sister.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/ezekiel/23.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />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.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/ezekiel/23.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />So she exposed her fornications and uncovered her nakedness; then my soul abhorred her just as my soul abhorred her sister.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/ezekiel/23.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And she exposed her fornications and she exposed her nakedness and my soul was disgusted by her as my soul was disgusted by her sister<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/ezekiel/23.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />So she uncovered her harlotries, and uncovered her nakedness; then My soul was alienated from her, like as My soul was alienated from her sister.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/ezekiel/23.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And she exposed her fornication, and exposed her shame: and my soul was alienated from her, even as my soul was alienated from her sister.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/ezekiel/23-18.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=6507" 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">The Adultery of Oholah and Oholibah</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">17</span>Then 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. <span class="reftext">18</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/1540.htm" title="1540: wat·tə·ḡal (Conj-w:: V-Piel-ConsecImperf-3fs) -- To uncover, remove. A primitive root; to denude; by implication, to exile; figuratively, to reveal.">When Oholibah openly</a> <a href="/hebrew/8457.htm" title="8457: taz·nū·ṯe·hā (N-fpc:: 3fs) -- Fornication. Or taznuth; from zanah; harlotry, i.e. idolatry.">prostituted herself</a> <a href="/hebrew/1540.htm" title="1540: wat·tə·ḡal (Conj-w:: V-Piel-ConsecImperf-3fs) -- To uncover, remove. A primitive root; to denude; by implication, to exile; figuratively, to reveal.">and exposed</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/6172.htm" title="6172: ‘er·wā·ṯāh (N-fsc:: 3fs) -- Nakedness. From arah; nudity, literally or figuratively.">her nakedness,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5315.htm" title="5315: nap̄·šî (N-fsc:: 1cs) -- From naphash; properly, a breathing creature, i.e. Animal of vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense.">I</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: mê·‘ā·le·hā (Prep-m:: 3fs) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">turned away from her</a> <a href="/hebrew/3363.htm" title="3363: wat·tê·qa‘ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3fs) -- A primitive root; properly, to sever oneself, i.e. to be dislocated; figuratively, to abandon; causatively, to impale.">in disgust,</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ka·’ă·šer (Prep-k:: Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">just as</a> <a href="/hebrew/5315.htm" title="5315: nap̄·šî (N-fsc:: 1cs) -- From naphash; properly, a breathing creature, i.e. Animal of vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense.">I</a> <a href="/hebrew/5361.htm" title="5361: nā·qə·‘āh (V-Qal-Perf-3fs) -- To be alienated or estranged. A primitive root; to feel aversion.">had turned away</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: mê·‘al (Prep-m) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">from</a> <a href="/hebrew/269.htm" title="269: ’ă·ḥō·w·ṯāh (N-fsc:: 3fs) -- Sister. Irregular feminine of 'ach; a sister (like 'Ezrachiy), literally and figuratively).">her sister.</a> </span><span class="reftext">19</span>Yet she multiplied her promiscuity, remembering the days of her youth, when she had prostituted herself in the land of Egypt…<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/3-8.htm">Jeremiah 3:8</a></span><br />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</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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/57-8.htm">Isaiah 57:8</a></span><br />Behind the door and doorpost you have set up your memorial. Forsaking Me, you uncovered your bed; you climbed up and opened it wide. And you have made a pact with those whose bed you have loved; you have gazed upon their nakedness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/2-20.htm">Jeremiah 2:20</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.<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/17-1.htm">Revelation 17:1-2</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.”<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</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.<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="/jeremiah/3-1.htm">Jeremiah 3:1</a></span><br />“If a man divorces his wife and she leaves him to marry another, can he ever return to her? Would not such a land be completely defiled? But you have played the harlot with many lovers—and you would return to Me?” declares the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/1-2.htm">Hosea 1:2</a></span><br />When the LORD first spoke through Hosea, He told him, “Go, take a prostitute as your wife and have children of adultery, because this land is flagrantly prostituting itself by departing from the LORD.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/2-21.htm">Revelation 2:21-22</a></span><br />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="/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="/jeremiah/5-7.htm">Jeremiah 5:7</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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/5-3.htm">Hosea 5:3</a></span><br />I know all about Ephraim, and Israel is not hidden from Me. For now, O Ephraim, you have turned to prostitution; Israel is defiled.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">So she discovered her prostitutions, and discovered her nakedness: then my mind was alienated from her, like as my mind was alienated from her sister.</p><p class="hdg">discovered</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/16-36.htm">Ezekiel 16:36</a></b></br> Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thy filthiness was poured out, and thy nakedness discovered through thy whoredoms with thy lovers, and with all the idols of thy abominations, and by the blood of thy children, which thou didst give unto them;</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/21-24.htm">Ezekiel 21:24</a></b></br> Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye have made your iniquity to be remembered, in that your transgressions are discovered, so that in all your doings your sins do appear; because, <i>I say</i>, that ye are come to remembrance, ye shall be taken with the hand.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/3-9.htm">Isaiah 3:9</a></b></br> The shew of their countenance doth witness against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide <i>it</i> not. Woe unto their soul! for they have rewarded evil unto themselves.</p><p class="hdg">then</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/32-19.htm">Deuteronomy 32:19</a></b></br> And when the LORD saw <i>it</i>, he abhorred <i>them</i>, because of the provoking of his sons, and of his daughters.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/78-59.htm">Psalm 78:59</a></b></br> When God heard <i>this</i>, he was wroth, and greatly abhorred Israel:</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/106-40.htm">Psalm 106:40</a></b></br> Therefore was the wrath of the LORD kindled against his people, insomuch that he abhorred his own inheritance.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ezekiel/23-17.htm">Alienated</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-14.htm">Behaviour</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-14.htm">Carried</a> <a href="/jeremiah/42-22.htm">Clearly</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-8.htm">Deeds</a> <a href="/ezekiel/21-24.htm">Disclosed</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-10.htm">Discovered</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-17.htm">Disgust</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-17.htm">Disgusted</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-36.htm">Exposed</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-14.htm">Harlotries</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-17.htm">Harlotry</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-7.htm">Lewd</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-17.htm">Mind</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-10.htm">Nakedness</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-20.htm">Openly</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-17.htm">Prostitution</a> <a href="/proverbs/20-19.htm">Revealeth</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-10.htm">Shame</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-11.htm">Sister</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-17.htm">Soul</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-17.htm">Turned</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-10.htm">Uncovered</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-17.htm">Whoredoms</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ezekiel/23-22.htm">Alienated</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-19.htm">Behaviour</a> <a href="/ezekiel/30-4.htm">Carried</a> <a href="/matthew/7-5.htm">Clearly</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-36.htm">Deeds</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-29.htm">Disclosed</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-29.htm">Discovered</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-28.htm">Disgust</a> <a href="/genesis/27-46.htm">Disgusted</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-29.htm">Exposed</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-19.htm">Harlotries</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-19.htm">Harlotry</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-43.htm">Lewd</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-19.htm">Mind</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-29.htm">Nakedness</a> <a href="/matthew/3-6.htm">Openly</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-19.htm">Prostitution</a> <a href="/daniel/2-22.htm">Revealeth</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-29.htm">Shame</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-31.htm">Sister</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-22.htm">Soul</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-22.htm">Turned</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-29.htm">Uncovered</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-19.htm">Whoredoms</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>When Oholibah openly prostituted herself</b><br>Oholibah represents Jerusalem, the capital of Judah. The imagery of prostitution is used to describe the spiritual unfaithfulness of the people, as they turned to idolatry and alliances with pagan nations. This metaphor is consistent with the prophetic tradition, where idolatry is often equated with adultery (<a href="/jeremiah/3-6.htm">Jeremiah 3:6-10</a>, <a href="/hosea/1.htm">Hosea 1-3</a>). The term "openly" suggests a blatant and shameless departure from covenantal faithfulness, highlighting the severity of their sin.<p><b>and exposed her nakedness</b><br>Nakedness in biblical terms often symbolizes shame and vulnerability (<a href="/genesis/3-7.htm">Genesis 3:7</a>, <a href="/isaiah/47-3.htm">Isaiah 47:3</a>). Here, it indicates the exposure of Jerusalem's sins and the loss of divine protection. The act of exposing nakedness is a metaphor for revealing the true nature of their idolatry and moral corruption, which was once hidden but now laid bare for all to see.<p><b>I turned away from her in disgust</b><br>God's turning away signifies His withdrawal of favor and protection due to their persistent unfaithfulness. This is a recurring theme in the Old Testament, where God's patience is eventually exhausted by the people's rebellion (<a href="/deuteronomy/31-17.htm">Deuteronomy 31:17-18</a>, <a href="/hosea/9-12.htm">Hosea 9:12</a>). The disgust reflects God's holiness and intolerance of sin, emphasizing the seriousness of their spiritual adultery.<p><b>just as I had turned away from her sister</b><br>Oholibah's sister, Oholah, represents Samaria, the capital of the Northern Kingdom of Israel. Samaria had already faced judgment and destruction due to similar sins (<a href="/2_kings/17-6.htm">2 Kings 17:6-18</a>). This reference serves as a warning to Jerusalem, illustrating that God's judgment is impartial and that Judah is not exempt from the consequences of their actions. The parallel between the two sisters underscores the theme of repeated unfaithfulness and the inevitability of divine judgment.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/o/oholibah.htm">Oholibah</a></b><br>Represents the southern kingdom of Judah. In <a href="/bsb/ezekiel/23.htm">Ezekiel 23</a>, she is depicted as a woman who engages in idolatry and unfaithfulness to God, symbolizing Judah's spiritual adultery.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/o/oholah.htm">Oholah</a></b><br>Represents the northern kingdom of Israel. She is the sister of Oholibah and is also depicted as unfaithful, having already faced judgment for her idolatry.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/e/ezekiel.htm">Ezekiel</a></b><br>The prophet who delivers God's message of judgment and calls for repentance. He uses vivid imagery to convey the seriousness of Judah's spiritual infidelity.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/b/babylon.htm">Babylon</a></b><br>The nation that would eventually conquer Judah, serving as an instrument of God's judgment due to Judah's unfaithfulness.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/i/idolatry.htm">Idolatry</a></b><br>The central sin being addressed in this passage, where Judah's pursuit of foreign gods is likened to prostitution.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_seriousness_of_idolatry.htm">The Seriousness of Idolatry</a></b><br>Idolatry is not just the worship of physical idols but includes anything that takes the place of God in our hearts. We must examine our lives for modern-day idols.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_righteous_judgment.htm">God's Righteous Judgment</a></b><br>God's turning away from Judah highlights His holiness and the seriousness of sin. It serves as a warning that persistent unfaithfulness leads to judgment.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/call_to_repentance.htm">Call to Repentance</a></b><br>Despite the harsh imagery, the underlying message is a call to return to God. Repentance restores our relationship with Him.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/faithfulness_in_relationship_with_god.htm">Faithfulness in Relationship with God</a></b><br>Just as a marriage requires fidelity, our relationship with God demands loyalty and devotion. We are called to be faithful in our walk with Him.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_hope_of_restoration.htm">The Hope of Restoration</a></b><br>Even in judgment, God's desire is for restoration. His ultimate goal is to bring His people back to Himself, offering hope and redemption.<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/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><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_child_sacrifice_in_ezekiel_16_20-21_credible.htm">How credible is the depiction of widespread child sacrifice in Ezekiel 16:20-21, given limited archaeological evidence for such practices in Jerusalem?</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><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/ezekiel/23-18.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">When [Oholibah] openly</span><br /><span class="heb">וַתְּגַל֙</span> <span class="translit">(wat·tə·ḡal)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1540.htm">Strong's 1540: </a> </span><span class="str2">To denude, to exile, to reveal</span><br /><br /><span class="word">prostituted herself</span><br /><span class="heb">תַּזְנוּתֶ֔יהָ</span> <span class="translit">(taz·nū·ṯe·hā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural construct | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8457.htm">Strong's 8457: </a> </span><span class="str2">Harlotry, idolatry</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and exposed</span><br /><span class="heb">וַתְּגַ֖ל</span> <span class="translit">(wat·tə·ḡal)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1540.htm">Strong's 1540: </a> </span><span class="str2">To denude, to exile, to reveal</span><br /><br /><span class="word">her nakedness,</span><br /><span class="heb">עֶרְוָתָ֑הּ</span> <span class="translit">(‘er·wā·ṯāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6172.htm">Strong's 6172: </a> </span><span class="str2">Nakedness</span><br /><br /><span class="word">I</span><br /><span class="heb">נַפְשִׁי֙</span> <span class="translit">(nap̄·šî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5315.htm">Strong's 5315: </a> </span><span class="str2">A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion </span><br /><br /><span class="word">turned away from her</span><br /><span class="heb">מֵֽעָלֶ֔יהָ</span> <span class="translit">(mê·‘ā·le·hā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in disgust,</span><br /><span class="heb">וַתֵּ֤קַע</span> <span class="translit">(wat·tê·qa‘)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3363.htm">Strong's 3363: </a> </span><span class="str2">To sever oneself, to be dislocated, to abandon, to impale</span><br /><br /><span class="word">just as</span><br /><span class="heb">כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר</span> <span class="translit">(ka·’ă·šer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-k | Pronoun - relative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> </span><span class="str2">Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that</span><br /><br /><span class="word">I</span><br /><span class="heb">נַפְשִׁ֖י</span> <span class="translit">(nap̄·šî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5315.htm">Strong's 5315: </a> </span><span class="str2">A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion </span><br /><br /><span class="word">had turned away</span><br /><span class="heb">נָקְעָ֥ה</span> <span class="translit">(nā·qə·‘āh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5361.htm">Strong's 5361: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be alienated or estranged</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from</span><br /><span class="heb">מֵעַ֥ל</span> <span class="translit">(mê·‘al)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">her sister.</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲחוֹתָֽהּ׃</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·ḥō·w·ṯāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_269.htm">Strong's 269: </a> </span><span class="str2">Sister -- a sister</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/ezekiel/23-18.htm">Ezekiel 23:18 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/ezekiel/23-18.htm">Ezekiel 23:18 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/ezekiel/23-18.htm">Ezekiel 23:18 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/23-18.htm">Ezekiel 23:18 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/ezekiel/23-18.htm">Ezekiel 23:18 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/ezekiel/23-18.htm">Ezekiel 23:18 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/ezekiel/23-18.htm">Ezekiel 23:18 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/ezekiel/23-18.htm">Ezekiel 23:18 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/ezekiel/23-18.htm">Ezekiel 23:18 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/ezekiel/23-18.htm">Ezekiel 23:18 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/ezekiel/23-18.htm">OT Prophets: Ezekiel 23:18 So she uncovered her prostitution and uncovered (Ezek. 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