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Ezekiel 23 :: New American Standard Bible 2020 (NASB20)

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Oholah and Oholibah’s Sin and Its Consequences

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The word of the LORD came to me again, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:2 - “Son of man, there were two women, the daughters of one mother;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:3 - and they prostituted themselves in Egypt. They prostituted themselves in their youth; there their breasts were squeezed and there their virgin breasts were handled.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:4 - “Their names were Oholah the elder and Oholibah her sister. And they became Mine, and they gave birth to sons and daughters. And as for their names, Samaria is Oholah and Jerusalem is Oholibah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:5

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“Oholah prostituted herself [fn]while she was Mine; and she lusted after her lovers, after the Assyrians, her neighbors,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:6 - who were clothed in purple, governors and officials, all of them handsome young men, horsemen riding on horses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:7 - “She bestowed her [fn]obscene practices on them, all of whom were the choicest [fn]men of Assyria; and with all whom she lusted after, with all their idols she defiled herself.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:8 - “She did not abandon her obscene practices from the time in Egypt; for in her youth [fn]men had slept with her, and they handled her virgin breasts and poured out their obscene practice on her.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:9 - “Therefore, I handed her over to her lovers, to the [fn]Assyrians, after whom she lusted.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:10 - “They uncovered her nakedness; they took her sons and her daughters, but they killed her with the sword. So she became a [fn]subject of gossip among women, and they executed judgments on her.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:11

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“Now her sister Oholibah saw this, yet she was more corrupt in her lust than she, and her obscene practices were [fn]more than the prostitution of her sister.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:12 - “She lusted after the [fn]Assyrians, governors and officials, the ones near, opulently dressed, horsemen riding on horses, all of them handsome young men.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:13 - “And I saw that she had defiled herself; they both took [fn]the same way.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:14 - “So she increased her obscene practices. And she saw men carved on the wall, images of the Chaldeans drawn in bright red,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:15 - wearing belts around their waists, with flowing turbans on their heads, all of them looking like officers, [fn]like the [fn]Babylonians in Chaldea, the land of their birth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:16 - “And [fn]when she saw them she lusted after them and sent messengers to them in Chaldea.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:17 - “And the [fn]Babylonians came to her to the bed of love and defiled her with their obscene practice. And when she had been defiled by them, [fn]she turned away from them in disgust.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:18 - “She exposed her obscene practices and exposed her nakedness; then [fn]I turned away from her in disgust, just as [fn]I had turned away from her sister in disgust.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:19 - “Yet she multiplied her obscene practices, remembering the days of her youth, when she prostituted herself in the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:20 - “She lusted after their lovers, whose flesh is like the flesh of donkeys and whose discharge is like the discharge of horses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:21 - “So you longed for the outrageous sin of your youth, when [fn]the Egyptians handled your breasts because of the breasts of your youth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:22

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“Therefore, Oholibah, this is what the Lord [fn]GOD says: ‘Behold I am going to incite your lovers against you, from whom [fn]you turned away in disgust, and I will bring them against you from every side:

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:23 - the [fn]Babylonians and all the Chaldeans, Pekod and Shoa and Koa, and all the [fn]Assyrians with them; handsome young men, governors and officials all of them, officers and [fn]men of renown, all of them riding on horses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:24

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:24 - ‘And they will come against you with weapons, chariots, and [fn]wagons, and with a contingent of peoples. They will attack you on every side with shield, [fn]buckler, and helmet; and I will commit the judgment to them, and they will judge you according to their customs.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:25

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:25 - ‘I will set My jealousy against you, so that they may deal with you in wrath. They will remove your nose and your ears; and your [fn]survivors will fall by the sword. They will take your sons and your daughters; and your [fn]survivors will be consumed by the fire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:26 - ‘They will also strip you of your clothes and take away your beautiful jewelry.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:27

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:27 - ‘So I will remove from you your outrageous sin and your prostitution that you brought from the land of Egypt, so that you will not raise your eyes to them or remember Egypt anymore.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:28

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:28 - “For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, I am going to hand you over to those whom you hate, to those from whom [fn]you turned away in disgust.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:29

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:29 - ‘They will deal with you in hatred, take all your property, and leave you naked and bare. And the nakedness of your prostitution will be exposed, both your outrageous sin and your obscene practices.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:30 - ‘These things will be done to you because you have adulterously pursued the nations, because you have defiled yourself with their idols.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:31

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:31 - ‘You have walked in the way of your sister; therefore I will put her cup in your hand.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:32

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:32 - “This is what the Lord GOD says:

‘You will drink your sister’s cup,

Which is deep and wide.

[fn]You will be laughed at and held in derision;

Because it contains much.

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‘You will be filled with drunkenness and grief,

A cup of horror and desolation,

The cup of your sister Samaria.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:34

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‘And you will drink it and drain it.

Then you will gnaw on its fragments

And tear your breasts;

for I have spoken,’ declares the Lord GOD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:35

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:35 - “Therefore, this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because you have forgotten Me and discarded Me behind your back, suffer on your own part the punishment for your outrageous sin and your obscene practices.’”

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Moreover, the LORD said to me, “Son of man, will you judge Oholah and Oholibah? Then declare to them their abominations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:37

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:37 - “For they have committed adultery, and blood is on their hands. So they have committed adultery with their idols, and even made their sons, whom they bore to Me, pass through the fire to [fn]them as food.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:38

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:38 - “Again, they have done this to Me: they have defiled My sanctuary on the same day, and have profaned My Sabbaths.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:39

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:39 - “For when they slaughtered their children for their idols, they entered My sanctuary on the same day to profane it; and behold, this is what they did within My house.

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“Furthermore, [fn]they have even sent for men who come from a great distance, to whom a messenger was sent; and behold, they came—for whom you bathed, put makeup on your eyes, and adorned yourselves with jewelry;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:41 - and you sat on a splendid couch with a table arranged in front of it on which you had set My incense and My oil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:42

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:42 - “And the sound of a [fn]carefree multitude was with her; and heavy drinkers were brought from the wilderness with people from the multitude of humanity. And they put bracelets on [fn]the wrists of the women and beautiful crowns on their heads.

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“Then I said concerning her who was worn out by adulteries, ‘[fn]Will they now commit adultery with her when she is like this?’

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:44 - “[fn]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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:45 - “But they, righteous people, will judge them with the judgment of adulteresses and with the judgment of women who shed blood, because they are adulteresses and blood is on their hands.

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“For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Bring up a contingent against them and turn them over to terror and plunder.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:47 - ‘The contingent will stone them with stones and cut them down with their swords; they will kill their sons and their daughters and burn their houses with fire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:48 - ‘So I will eliminate outrageous conduct from the land, so that all women will take warning and not commit [fn]outrageous sin as you have done.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:49

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:49 - ‘Your outrageous conduct [fn]will be repaid to you, and you will bear the guilt for your idols; so you will know that I am the Lord GOD.’”
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NASB20 Footnotes
Lit under Me
Lit fornications
Lit sons of Asshur
Lit they
Lit sons of Asshur
Lit name
I.e., more numerous, or worse
Lit sons of Asshur
Lit one
Lit the likeness of
Lit sons of Babel
Lit at the sight of her eyes
Lit sons of Babel
Lit her soul
Lit My soul
Lit My soul
As in two mss; MT from Egypt
Heb YHWH, usually rendered LORD, and so throughout the ch
Lit your soul
Lit sons of Babylon
Lit sons of Assyria
Lit called ones
Lit wheel
I.e., small shield
Lit remainder
Lit remainder
Lit your soul
Or It will be for laughter and derision because of its great size
I.e., the idols
Or you (women)
Lit at ease
Lit their hands
Or Now they will commit adultery with her, and she with them
Or And
Lit according to your lewdness
Lit they will give
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