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And she was even more depraved, abandoning herself to her lust and prostitution.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/ezekiel/23.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />“Her sister Oholibah saw this, and she became more corrupt than her sister in her lust and in her whoring, which was worse than that of her sister.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/23.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Her sister Oholibah saw this, yet in her lust and prostitution she was more depraved than her sister.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/ezekiel/23.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And when her sister Aholibah saw <i>this</i>, she was more corrupt in her inordinate love than she, and in her whoredoms more than her sister in <i>her</i> whoredoms.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/ezekiel/23.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />“Now although her sister Oholibah saw <i>this,</i> she became more corrupt in her lust than she, and in her harlotry more corrupt than her sister’s harlotry.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/ezekiel/23.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“Now her sister Oholibah saw <i>this,</i> yet she was more corrupt in her lust than she, and her obscene practices were more than the prostitution of her sister.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/23.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Now her sister Oholibah saw this, yet she was more corrupt in her lust than she, and her harlotries were more than the harlotries of her sister.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/ezekiel/23.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“Now her sister Oholibah saw <i>this,</i> yet she was more corrupt in her lust than she, and her harlotries were more than the harlotries of her sister.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/ezekiel/23.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />“Now her sister Oholibah saw <i>this</i>, yet she was more corrupt in her lust than she, and her harlotries were more than the harlotries of her sister.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/ezekiel/23.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“Now her sister Oholibah saw this, yet she was more corrupt in her lust than she, and her acts of prostitution were more [wanton] than the immoralities of her sister.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/ezekiel/23.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />“Now her sister Oholibah saw this, but she was even more depraved in her lust than Oholah, and made her promiscuous acts worse than those of her sister.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/ezekiel/23.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Now her sister Oholibah saw this, but she was even more depraved in her lust than Oholah, and made her promiscuous acts worse than those of her sister.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/ezekiel/23.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And her sister Oholibah saw this, yet was she more corrupt in her doting than she, and in her whoredoms which were more than the whoredoms of her sister.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/ezekiel/23.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Oholibah saw all this, but she was more sinful and wanted sex more than her sister Oholah ever did. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/ezekiel/23.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And her sister Oholibah saw this, yet was she more corrupt in her doting than she, and in her whoredoms which were more than the whoredoms of her sister.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/ezekiel/23.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />"Even though her younger sister Oholibah saw this, Oholibah lusted after men more than her sister did. Oholibah's prostitution became worse than her sister's prostitution.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/ezekiel/23.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />"Even though her sister Oholibah saw this, she was wilder and more of a prostitute than Oholah had ever been. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/ezekiel/23.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"Her sister Oholibah saw this, but she was more corrupt in her lust and sexual immorality than her sister had been in her own sexual immorality. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/ezekiel/23.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Her sister Oholibah saw this, yet in her lust and prostitution she was more depraved than her sister.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/ezekiel/23.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />"Her sister Oholibah watched this, but she became more corrupt in her lust than her sister had been, and her acts of prostitution were more numerous than those of her sister.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/ezekiel/23.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />"Her sister Oholibah saw this, yet was she more corrupt in her doting than she, and in her prostitution which were more than the prostitution of her sister.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/ezekiel/23.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/ezekiel/23.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />“Her sister Oholibah saw this, yet she was more corrupt in her lusting than she, and in her prostitution which was more depraved than the prostitution of 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 her sister Aholibah sees, "" And she makes her unhealthy love more corrupt than she, "" And her whoredoms than the whoredoms of 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 see doth her sister Aholibah, And she maketh her doting love more corrupt than she, And her whoredoms than the whoredoms of 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 her sister Aholibah will see, and she will corrupt her love more than they, and her fornications more than the fornication of 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 when her sister Ooliba saw this, she was mad with lust more than she: and she carried her fornication beyond the fornication of her sister. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/ezekiel/23.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And when her sister, Oholibah, had seen this, she was even more mad with lust than the other. And her fornication was beyond the fornication of her sister.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/ezekiel/23.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Although her sister Oholibah saw all this, her lust was more depraved than her sister’s; she outdid her in prostitution.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/ezekiel/23.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />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.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/ezekiel/23.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And when her sister Ahlibah saw this, she was more corrupt in her excessive lust than she, and her whoredoms were more than the whoredoms of 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 Ahlyabah saw her sister, and she was corrupt, and her sexual intercourse was more than hers, and her fornication was more than the fornication of 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 />And her sister Oholibah saw this, yet was she more corrupt in her doting than she, and in her harlotries more than her sister in her harlotries.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/ezekiel/23.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And her sister Ooliba saw <i>it</i>, and she indulged in her fondness more corruptly than she, and in her fornication more than the fornication of her sister.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/ezekiel/23-11.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=6436" 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">10</span>They exposed her nakedness, seized her sons and daughters, and put her to the sword. Thus she became a byword among women, and they executed judgment against her. <span class="reftext">11</span><span class="highl"><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> <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.">Oholibah</a> <a href="/hebrew/7200.htm" title="7200: wat·tê·re (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3fs) -- To see. A primitive root; to see, literally or figuratively.">saw this,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5691.htm" title="5691: ‘aḡ·ḇā·ṯāh (N-csc:: 3ms) -- Lustfulness. From agab; love, i.e. Amorousness.">yet in her lust</a> <a href="/hebrew/4480.htm" title="4480: mim·men·nāh (Prep:: 3fs) -- From. Or minniy; or minney; for men; properly, a part of; hence, from or out of in many senses."></a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: wə·’eṯ- (Conj-w:: DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self.">and</a> <a href="/hebrew/8457.htm" title="8457: taz·nū·ṯe·hā (N-fpc:: 3fs) -- Fornication. Or taznuth; from zanah; harlotry, i.e. idolatry.">prostitution</a> <a href="/hebrew/2183.htm" title="2183: miz·zə·nū·nê (Prep-m:: N-mpc) -- Fornication. From zanah; adultery; figuratively, idolatry."></a> <a href="/hebrew/7843.htm" title="7843: wat·taš·ḥêṯ (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConsecImperf-3fs) -- Perhaps to go to ruin. A primitive root; to decay, i.e. ruin.">she was more depraved</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).">than her sister.</a> </span><span class="reftext">12</span>She too lusted after the Assyrians—governors and commanders, warriors dressed in splendor, horsemen riding on steeds, all desirable young men.…<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 3:8-10</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. / Indifferent to her own infidelity, Israel had defiled the land and committed adultery with stones and trees. / Yet in spite of all this, her unfaithful sister Judah did not return to Me with all her heart, but only in pretense,” declares the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/2-5.htm">Hosea 2:5-7</a></span><br />For their mother has played the harlot and has conceived them in disgrace. For she thought, ‘I will go after my lovers, who give me bread and water, wool and linen, oil and drink.’ / Therefore, behold, I will hedge up her path with thorns; I will enclose her with a wall, so she cannot find her way. / She will pursue her lovers but not catch them; she will seek them but not find them. Then she will say, ‘I will return to my first husband, for then I was better off than now.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/17-19.htm">2 Kings 17:19</a></span><br />and even Judah did not keep the commandments of the LORD their God, but lived according to the customs Israel had introduced.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/3-6.htm">Jeremiah 3:6</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.<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="/2_kings/21-9.htm">2 Kings 21:9</a></span><br />But the people did not listen and Manasseh led them astray, so that they did greater evil than the nations that the LORD had destroyed before the Israelites.<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/5-3.htm">Hosea 5:3-4</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. / Their deeds do not permit them to return to their God, for a spirit of prostitution is within them, and they do not know the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/33-9.htm">2 Chronicles 33:9</a></span><br />So Manasseh led the people of Judah and Jerusalem astray, so that they did greater evil than the nations that the LORD had destroyed before the Israelites.<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/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="/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="/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.<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.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">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.</p><p class="hdg">her sister</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/23-4.htm">Ezekiel 23:4</a></b></br> And the names of them <i>were</i> Aholah the elder, and Aholibah her sister: and they were mine, and they bare sons and daughters. Thus <i>were</i> their names; Samaria <i>is</i> Aholah, and Jerusalem Aholibah.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/3-8.htm">Jeremiah 3:8</a></b></br> And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went and played the harlot also.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/16-47.htm">Ezekiel 16:47-51</a></b></br> Yet hast thou not walked after their ways, nor done after their abominations: but, as <i>if that were</i> a very little <i>thing</i>, thou wast corrupted more than they in all thy ways… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/3-8.htm">Jeremiah 3:8-11</a></b></br> And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went and played the harlot also… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ezekiel/23-4.htm">Aholibah</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-3.htm">Behaviour</a> <a href="/ezekiel/20-44.htm">Corrupt</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-47.htm">Depraved</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-9.htm">Desire</a> <a href="/1_timothy/6-4.htm">Doting</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-15.htm">Fornications</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-8.htm">Harlotries</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-34.htm">Harlotry</a> <a href="/colossians/3-5.htm">Inordinate</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-33.htm">Love</a> <a href="/ezekiel/22-3.htm">Maketh</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-4.htm">Oholibah</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-4.htm">Ohol'ibah</a> <a href="/ezekiel/22-31.htm">Passion</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-8.htm">Prostitution</a> <a href="/hosea/2-2.htm">Prostitutions</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-4.htm">Sister</a> <a href="/1_peter/4-10.htm">Unmeasured</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-8.htm">Whoredoms</a> <a href="/jeremiah/16-12.htm">Worse</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ezekiel/23-22.htm">Aholibah</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-14.htm">Behaviour</a> <a href="/daniel/2-9.htm">Corrupt</a> <a href="/romans/1-24.htm">Depraved</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-12.htm">Desire</a> <a href="/ezekiel/33-31.htm">Doting</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-35.htm">Fornications</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-14.htm">Harlotries</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-14.htm">Harlotry</a> <a href="/colossians/3-5.htm">Inordinate</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-17.htm">Love</a> <a href="/daniel/2-28.htm">Maketh</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-22.htm">Oholibah</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-22.htm">Ohol'ibah</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-25.htm">Passion</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-14.htm">Prostitution</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-14.htm">Prostitutions</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-18.htm">Sister</a> <a href="/1_peter/4-10.htm">Unmeasured</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-14.htm">Whoredoms</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-14.htm">Worse</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'; 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The name means "My tent is in her," symbolizing God's presence in the city. The phrase "saw this" refers to the idolatry and unfaithfulness of Samaria (Oholah), which had already been judged by God. Jerusalem had the opportunity to learn from Samaria's mistakes but failed to do so. This reflects the biblical principle that witnessing the consequences of sin should lead to repentance, as seen in <a href="/1_corinthians/10-11.htm">1 Corinthians 10:11</a>, where past events serve as warnings.<p><b>yet in her lust and prostitution</b><br>The terms "lust" and "prostitution" are metaphors for idolatry and spiritual unfaithfulness. In the ancient Near Eastern context, idolatry was often associated with literal sexual immorality, as pagan worship included ritualistic sexual acts. The use of these terms underscores the depth of Jerusalem's betrayal against God, who had established a covenant relationship with them. This imagery is consistent with other prophetic writings, such as Hosea, where Israel's idolatry is likened to adultery.<p><b>she was more depraved than her sister</b><br>Despite witnessing Samaria's downfall, Jerusalem's actions were even more corrupt. This highlights the progressive nature of sin and the hardening of the heart when warnings are ignored. Historically, Jerusalem engaged in alliances and idolatries that were more extensive and egregious than those of Samaria. Theologically, this serves as a warning about the dangers of complacency and the false security of being God's chosen people. It also foreshadows the coming judgment upon Jerusalem, as prophesied in Ezekiel and fulfilled in the Babylonian exile. This phrase emphasizes the need for genuine repentance and the consequences of spiritual infidelity.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/o/oholibah.htm">Oholibah</a></b><br>Symbolic name for Jerusalem, representing the Southern Kingdom of Judah. The name means "My tent is in her," indicating God's presence among His people.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/o/oholah.htm">Oholah</a></b><br>Symbolic name for Samaria, representing the Northern Kingdom of Israel. The name means "Her tent," suggesting a separation from God's presence.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/l/lust_and_prostitution.htm">Lust and Prostitution</a></b><br>Metaphors for idolatry and unfaithfulness to God. These terms describe the spiritual adultery of the Israelites as they pursued foreign gods and alliances.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/d/depravity.htm">Depravity</a></b><br>The moral corruption and spiritual decline of Judah, which exceeded that of Israel, despite witnessing Israel's downfall.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/p/prophet_ezekiel.htm">Prophet Ezekiel</a></b><br>A major prophet in the Old Testament, called by God to deliver messages of judgment and hope to the Israelites during their exile in Babylon.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_danger_of_spiritual_complacency.htm">The Danger of Spiritual Complacency</a></b><br>Judah's greater depravity despite witnessing Israel's downfall serves as a warning against complacency in our spiritual lives. We must remain vigilant and responsive to God's discipline.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_idolatry.htm">The Consequences of Idolatry</a></b><br>Idolatry leads to spiritual and moral decay. We must examine our lives for anything that takes precedence over our relationship with God and remove it.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_call_to_repentance.htm">God's Call to Repentance</a></b><br>Despite Judah's unfaithfulness, God's desire is for His people to return to Him. We are called to repentance and restoration, trusting in God's mercy and grace.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/l/learning_from_others'_mistakes.htm">Learning from Others' Mistakes</a></b><br>Judah failed to learn from Israel's mistakes. We should seek wisdom from the experiences of others and apply it to our own lives to avoid similar pitfalls.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_faithfulness_of_god.htm">The Faithfulness of God</a></b><br>Even in judgment, God's faithfulness remains. He disciplines those He loves, and His ultimate goal is restoration and reconciliation with His people.<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/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/was_ezekiel_11_23_a_real_event_or_fiction.htm">Ezekiel 11:23 describes the departure of God's glory from the Temple--how can we verify whether this was a real event or a later literary construct?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_is_god_both_merciful_and_vengeful.htm">What explains the apparent inconsistency between God's merciful nature elsewhere and the violent retribution depicted in Ezekiel 23:22-27?</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><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/ezekiel/23.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(11) <span class= "bld">She was more corrupt.</span>--Enough having been said of Aholah to form the basis for a comparison, the prophet now turns to Aholibah. The idolatries of Judah not only comparatively but actually exceeded those of her sister kingdom. See, <span class= "ital">e.g., </span>the account of Manaseeh's reign (<a href="/context/2_kings/21-1.htm" title="Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Hephzibah.">2Kings 21:1-16</a>; <a href="/context/2_chronicles/33-1.htm" title="Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem:">2Chronicles 33:1-9</a>). In addition to her connection with Assyria, Judah also formed alliances with Chaldaea, and intrigued with Egypt and other nations.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/ezekiel/23.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verses 11, 12.</span> - The issue of the Assyrian alliance in the fall of Samaria might have served as a warning to the kings of Judah. But it did not. They also 'courted the alliance of the kings of Assyria, as in the case of Ahaz (<a href="/2_kings/16-7.htm">2 Kings 16:7-10</a>) and Tiglath-Pileser. Hezekiah followed in the same line, though he too trusted in Egypt, and afterwards rebelled. Manasseh too paid tribute, and made Jerusalem the scene of a confluent idolatry, which included that of Assyria. Even Josiah went forth against Pharaoh-Necho as the faithful vassal of either Assyria or Babylon. The splendor which had fascinated Samaria fascinated her also. Here <span class="cmt_word">clothed most gorgeously</span> takes the place of "clothed in blue" in Ver. 6, describing, probably, the same fact. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/ezekiel/23-11.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">Her sister</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲחוֹתָ֣הּ</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 /><br /><span class="word">Oholibah</span><br /><span class="heb">אָהֳלִיבָ֔ה</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">saw [this],</span><br /><span class="heb">וַתֵּ֙רֶא֙</span> <span class="translit">(wat·tê·re)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7200.htm">Strong's 7200: </a> </span><span class="str2">To see</span><br /><br /><span class="word">yet in her lust</span><br /><span class="heb">עַגְבָתָ֖הּ</span> <span class="translit">(‘aḡ·ḇā·ṯāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - common singular construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5691.htm">Strong's 5691: </a> </span><span class="str2">Love, amorousness</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and</span><br /><span class="heb">וְאֶת־</span> <span class="translit">(wə·’eṯ-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Direct object marker<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_853.htm">Strong's 853: </a> </span><span class="str2">Untranslatable mark of the accusative case</span><br /><br /><span class="word">prostitution</span><br /><span class="heb">תַּ֨זְנוּתֶ֔יהָ</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">she was more depraved</span><br /><span class="heb">וַתַּשְׁחֵ֥ת</span> <span class="translit">(wat·taš·ḥêṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7843.htm">Strong's 7843: </a> </span><span class="str2">Perhaps to go to ruin</span><br /><br /><span class="word">than 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/23-11.htm">Ezekiel 23:11 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/ezekiel/23-11.htm">Ezekiel 23:11 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/ezekiel/23-11.htm">Ezekiel 23:11 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/23-11.htm">Ezekiel 23:11 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/ezekiel/23-11.htm">Ezekiel 23:11 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/ezekiel/23-11.htm">Ezekiel 23:11 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/ezekiel/23-11.htm">Ezekiel 23:11 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/ezekiel/23-11.htm">Ezekiel 23:11 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/ezekiel/23-11.htm">Ezekiel 23:11 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/ezekiel/23-11.htm">Ezekiel 23:11 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/ezekiel/23-11.htm">OT Prophets: Ezekiel 23:11 Her sister Oholibah saw this yet was (Ezek. 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