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They did this<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="23:3 Lit. They committed sexual immorality">a</a></span> in their youth. There, their breasts were caressed. Their virgin breasts were fondled. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/23-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>The older one was named Oholah<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="23:4 The Heb. name Oholah means she worships at a tent shrine">b</a></span> and her sister was named Oholibah.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="23:4 The Heb. name Oholibah means she is a tent shrine">c</a></span> They belonged to me and gave birth to sons and daughters. Now as to their real identities, Oholah refers to Samaria and Oholibah to Jerusalem.”</p> <p class="heading">The Sins of Samaria</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/23-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>“Oholah committed sexual immorality while she belonged to me. She lusted for Assyria’s warriors, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/23-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>who were clothed in blue—including governors and commanders. All of them were desirable young men—horsemen mounted on horses. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/23-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>She bestowed her sexual favors<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="23:7 Lit. her sexual immorality">d</a></span> on them—all of them, the best of the Assyrians—and with whomever she lusted for.</p> <p class="reg">“She defiled herself with all their idols. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/23-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>She never abandoned the immorality that she practiced in Egypt during her youth, where they laid down with her and fondled her virgin breasts, lavishing her with all kinds of favors. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/23-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Therefore, I turned her over to the control<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="23:9 Lit. hands">e</a></span> of her lovers, that is, into the control<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="23:9 Lit. hands">f</a></span> of the Assyrians for whom she lusted. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/23-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>They stripped her naked, took away her sons and daughters, and executed her with a sword. She became an object of ridicule<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="23:10 Lit. became a name">g</a></span> among other nations<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="23:10 Lit. among the women">h</a></span> when they punished her.”</p> <p class="heading">The Sins of Jerusalem</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/23-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>“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="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/23-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>She lusted after the Assyrians—governors, commanders, warriors clothed in gorgeous attire, cavalry mounted on their horses—all of them desirable young men. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/23-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>I saw that she was defiled, because the two of them both were on the same<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="23:13 Lit. one">i</a></span> path.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/23-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>“She became even more sexually immoral when she saw the images of the Chaldean men who had been carved in red on their walls. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/23-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Girded with waistbands around their loins, with flowing turbans on their heads, all of them looked like chariot officers, similar to the Babylonians from Chaldea, where they had been born.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/23-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>“She lusted after them when she saw them, so she sent messengers to summon them from Chaldea. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/23-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>The Babylonians came to her love nest<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="23:17 Lit. best">j</a></span> and defiled her with their sexual immorality. As a result, she was defiled by them. Even so, she turned away from them in disgust. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/23-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>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.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/23-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>“Nevertheless, she became even more sexually immoral, even reminiscing about when she was young, when she kept on practicing sexual immorality in the land of Egypt. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/23-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>She lusted after her paramours, whose genitals are<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="23:20 Lit. whose flesh is">k</a></span> like those of donkeys, and whose emissions are like those of horses. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/23-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Think about the wickedness that you practiced when you were young, when the Egyptians fondled your breasts, the breasts of your youth.”</p> <p class="heading">God’s Rebuke to Jerusalem</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/23-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>“Therefore, Oholibah, this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Look! I’m about to stir up your lovers against you, the ones from whom you’ve turned away in disgust. I’m going to bring them against you from every direction— <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/23-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>the Babylonians, all the Chaldeans, Pekod, Shoa, Koa, and all of the Assyrians with them. They’re all desirable young men, governors, commanders, chariot officers, and famous men, all of them mounted on horses.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/23-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>“‘They’ll invade you with weapons, chariots, wagons, and a vast army. They’ll set themselves in place to attack you from every direction with large shields, small shields, and helmets. I’ll turn over judgment to them, and they’ll punish you according to their own standards.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="23:24 Lit. punishment">l</a></span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/23-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>I’ll expend my jealousy on you so they’ll deal with you in anger. They’ll cut off your noses and your ears. Your survivors will die violently.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="23:25 Lit. die by the sword">m</a></span> They’ll take your sons and daughters away from you, but your survivors will be incinerated. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/23-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>They’ll strip off your clothes and confiscate your jewelry.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="23:26 Lit. your articles of beauty">n</a></span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/23-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>That’s how I’ll put an end to your obscene conduct and sexual immorality that you kept on practicing since the day you left<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="23:27 Lit. practicing from">o</a></span> the land of Egypt so that you won’t look in Egypt’s direction or even remember it anymore.’</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/23-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>“This is what the Lord GOD says, ‘I’m about to turn you over to the control<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="23:28 Lit. hands">p</a></span> of those you hate, to the control of those from whom you turned away in disgust. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/23-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>They’ll deal with you with hatred. They’ll take away your productivity, leaving you naked and defenseless, so that the nakedness of your sexual immorality will be uncovered—your licentious sexual immorality. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/23-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>These things will happen to you because of your sexual immorality that was patterned after what the nations do. You’ve been defiled by their idols. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/23-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>You took the path of your sister, so I’ll place her cup in your hand.’</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/23-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>“This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘You’ll drink from your sister’s cup, which is both large and deep. You’ll become a laughing stock and an object of derision, since the cup is so full! <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/23-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>You’ll be filled with drunkenness and grief. The cup that belongs to your sister Samaria is filled with horror and devastation, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/23-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>but you’ll drink from it and drain it completely. As for the vessel, you’ll break it to pieces and you’ll tear at your breasts, for I’ve spoken,’ declares the Lord GOD.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/23-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>“Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because you abandoned me and threw me behind your back, you will bear the consequences of your obscene conduct and sexual immorality.’”</p> <p class="heading">What Israel and Samaria Did</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/23-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>Then the LORD spoke to me. “Son of Man, speak out in judgment of both Oholah and Oholibah. Make their detestable practices widely known, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/23-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span>because they’ve committed adultery, and blood covers their hands. They’ve also committed adultery with their idols, making their sons born to me to pass through the fire<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="23:37 The Heb. lacks fire">q</a></span> as an offering to<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="23:37 Lit. as food for">r</a></span> them.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/23-38.htm"><b>38</b></a></span>“They’ve also done this to me: They defiled my sanctuary and profaned my Sabbaths, all at the same time!<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="23:38 The Heb. has day">s</a></span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/23-39.htm"><b>39</b></a></span>When they killed their sons as offerings to<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="23:39 Lit. sons for">t</a></span> their idols, they brought them to my sanctuary and defiled it.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="23:39 i.e. with their corpses">u</a></span> Look what they’ve done with my Temple!</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/23-40.htm"><b>40</b></a></span>“In addition, they sent messengers for men to come from afar. When they arrived, you bathed yourself for them, painted your eyes, adorned yourself with jewelry, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/23-41.htm"><b>41</b></a></span>then sat down on an elegant bed. A table was arranged in front of it, on which you set out my incense and oil. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/23-42.htm"><b>42</b></a></span>The sound of a carefree multitude accompanied her. Men from a multitude of peoples were coming—including Sabeans<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="23:42 Or drunkards">v</a></span> from the wilderness, adorned<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="23:42 Lit. they put">w</a></span> with bracelets on their hands and beautiful crowns on their heads.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/23-43.htm"><b>43</b></a></span>“After she had worn herself out by her adulterous behavior, I asked her, ‘Will they continue with their sexual immorality and with their prostitution?’ <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/23-44.htm"><b>44</b></a></span>They’ve gone to her, like men do, to have sex with a prostitute. They<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="23:44 Lit. He">x</a></span> had sex with Oholah and Oholibah, those licentious women. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/23-45.htm"><b>45</b></a></span>Righteous men will judge them with punishments fit for adulterers and for those who shed blood, because they’re adulterers with blood on their hands.”</p> <p class="heading">The Coming Invasion</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/23-46.htm"><b>46</b></a></span>This is what the Lord GOD says: “Bring an army<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="23:46 Lit. company">y</a></span> against them and deliver them over to terror and plunder. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/23-47.htm"><b>47</b></a></span>Then the army will stone them with stones and cut them to pieces with their swords. They’ll kill their sons and daughters and incinerate their houses. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/23-48.htm"><b>48</b></a></span>I’ll cause obscene conduct to stop throughout the land, because all the women will be admonished not to practice their obscene conduct. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/23-49.htm"><b>49</b></a></span>You’ll receive the consequences for your obscene conduct and bear the punishment for your sins of idolatry. Then you’ll know that I am the Lord GOD.”</p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="ftn"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn1"><span class="fnb">a</span> 23:3 Lit. <i>They committed sexual immorality</i><br /><span class="fnb">b</span> 23:4 The Heb. name <i>Oholah</i> means <i>she worships at a tent shrine</i><br /><span class="fnb">c</span> 23:4 The Heb. name <i>Oholibah </i>means <i>she is a tent shrine</i><br /><span class="fnb">d</span> 23:7 Lit. <i>her sexual immorality</i><br /><span class="fnb">e</span> 23:9 Lit. <i>hands</i><br /><span class="fnb">f</span> 23:9 Lit. <i>hands</i><br /><span class="fnb">g</span> 23:10 Lit. <i>became a name</i><br /><span class="fnb">h</span> 23:10 Lit. <i>among the women</i><br /><span class="fnb">i</span> 23:13 Lit. <i>one</i><br /><span class="fnb">j</span> 23:17 Lit. <i>best</i><br /><span class="fnb">k</span> 23:20 Lit. <i>whose flesh is</i><br /><span class="fnb">l</span> 23:24 Lit. <i>punishment</i><br /><span class="fnb">m</span> 23:25 Lit. <i>die by the sword</i><br /><span class="fnb">n</span> 23:26 Lit. <i>your articles of beauty</i><br /><span class="fnb">o</span> 23:27 Lit. <i>practicing from</i><br /><span class="fnb">p</span> 23:28 Lit. <i>hands</i><br /><span class="fnb">q</span> 23:37 The Heb. lacks <i>fire</i><br /><span class="fnb">r</span> 23:37 Lit. <i>as food for</i><br /><span class="fnb">s</span> 23:38 The Heb. has <i>day</i><br /><span class="fnb">t</span> 23:39 Lit. <i>sons for</i><br /><span class="fnb">u</span> 23:39 i.e. with their corpses<br /><span class="fnb">v</span> 23:42 Or <i>drunkards</i><br /><span class="fnb">w</span> 23:42 Lit. <i>they put</i><br /><span class="fnb">x</span> 23:44 Lit. <i>He</i><br /><span class="fnb">y</span> 23:46 Lit. <i>company</i><br /></span><br><br><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><div align="center"><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Holy Bible: International Standard Version® Release 2.1<br />Copyright © 1996-2012 The ISV Foundation<br />ALL RIGHTS RESERVED INTERNATIONALLY.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../ezekiel/22.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Ezekiel 22"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Ezekiel 22" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../ezekiel/24.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Ezekiel 24"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Ezekiel 24" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpc/ezekiel/23-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe width="122" height="860" scrolling="no" src="../sidemenu.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="bot"><div align="center" style="background-color:#F2FAFF"><br /><br /><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>  <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="6710025936" data-ad-format="auto"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></td></tr></table><br /><br /><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>  <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="6710025936" data-ad-format="auto"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></td></tr></table></div><br /><br /> </div><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/botmenubhnm2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span></div></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>