Ezekiel 23 :: New English Translation (NET)

Oholah and Oholibah's Sin and Its Consequences

Eze 23:1The word of the LORD came to me:

Eze 23:2"Son of man, there were two women who were daughters of the same mother.

Eze 23:3They engaged in prostitution in Egypt; in their youth they engaged in prostitution. Their breasts were squeezed there; lovers fondled their virgin nipples there.

Eze 23:4

Eze 23:4Oholah was the name of the older and Oholibah the name of her younger sister. They became mine, and gave birth to sons and daughters. Oholah is Samaria and Oholibah is Jerusalem.

Eze 23:5

Eze 23:5"Oholah engaged in prostitution while she was mine. She lusted after her lovers, the Assyrians - warriors

Eze 23:6

Eze 23:6clothed in blue, governors and officials, all of them desirable young men, horsemen riding on horses.

Eze 23:7

Eze 23:7She bestowed her sexual favors on them; all of them were the choicest young men of Assyria. She defiled herself with all whom she desired - with all their idols.

Eze 23:8

Eze 23:8She did not abandon the prostitution she had practiced in Egypt; for in her youth men had sex with her, fondled her virgin breasts, and ravished her.

Eze 23:9

Eze 23:9Therefore I handed her over to her lovers, the Assyrians for whom she lusted.

Eze 23:10

Eze 23:10They exposed her nakedness, seized her sons and daughters, and killed her with the sword. She became notorious among women, and they executed judgments against her.

Eze 23:11

Eze 23:11"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.

Eze 23:12

Eze 23:12She lusted after the Assyrians - governors and officials, warriors in full armor, horsemen riding on horses, all of them desirable young men.

Eze 23:13

Eze 23:13I saw that she was defiled; both of them followed the same path.

Eze 23:14

Eze 23:14But she increased her prostitution. She saw men carved on the wall, images of the Chaldeans carved in bright red,

Eze 23:15

Eze 23:15wearing belts on their waists and flowing turbans on their heads, all of them looking like officers, the image of Babylonians whose native land is Chaldea.

Eze 23:16

Eze 23:16When she saw them, she lusted after them and sent messengers to them in Chaldea.

Eze 23:17

Eze 23:17The Babylonians crawled into bed with her. They defiled her with their lust; after she was defiled by them, she became disgusted with them.

Eze 23:18

Eze 23:18When she lustfully exposed her nakedness, I was disgusted with her, just as I had been disgusted with her sister.

Eze 23:19

Eze 23:19Yet she increased her prostitution, remembering the days of her youth when she engaged in prostitution in the land of Egypt.

Eze 23:20

Eze 23:20She lusted after their genitals - as large as those of donkeys, and their seminal emission was as strong as that of stallions.

Eze 23:21

Eze 23:21This is how you assessed the obscene conduct of your youth, when the Egyptians fondled your nipples and squeezed your young breasts.

Eze 23:22

Eze 23:22"Therefore, Oholibah, this is what the sovereign LORD says: Look here, I am about to stir up against you the lovers with whom you were disgusted; I will bring them against you from every side:

Eze 23:23

Eze 23:23the Babylonians and all the Chaldeans, Pekod, Shoa, and Koa, and all the Assyrians with them, desirable young men, all of them governors and officials, officers and nobles, all of them riding on horses.

Eze 23:24

Eze 23:24They will attack you with weapons, chariots, wagons, and with a huge army; they will array themselves against you on every side with large shields, small shields, and helmets. I will assign them the task of judgment; they will punish you according to their laws.

Eze 23:25

Eze 23:25I will direct my jealous anger against you, and they will deal with you in rage. They will cut off your nose and your ears, and your survivors will die by the sword. They will seize your sons and daughters, and your survivors will be consumed by fire.

Eze 23:26

Eze 23:26They will strip your clothes off you and take away your beautiful jewelry.

Eze 23:27

Eze 23:27So I will put an end to your obscene conduct and your prostitution which you have practiced in the land of Egypt. You will not seek their help or remember Egypt anymore.

Eze 23:28

Eze 23:28"For this is what the sovereign LORD says: Look here, I am about to deliver you over to those whom you hate, to those with whom you were disgusted.

Eze 23:29

Eze 23:29They will treat you with hatred, take away all you have labored for, and leave you naked and bare. Your nakedness will be exposed, just as when you engaged in prostitution and obscene conduct.

Eze 23:30

Eze 23:30I will do these things to you because you engaged in prostitution with the nations, polluting yourself with their idols.

Eze 23:31

Eze 23:31You have followed the ways of your sister, so I will place her cup of judgment in your hand.

Eze 23:32

Eze 23:32"This is what the sovereign LORD says: "You will drink your sister's deep and wide cup; you will be scorned and derided, for it holds a great deal.

Eze 23:33

Eze 23:33You will be overcome by drunkenness and sorrow. The cup of your sister Samaria is a cup of horror and desolation.

Eze 23:34

Eze 23:34You will drain it dry, gnaw its pieces, and tear out your breasts, for I have spoken, declares the sovereign LORD.

Eze 23:35

Eze 23:35"Therefore this is what the sovereign LORD says: Because you have forgotten me and completely disregarded me, you must bear now the punishment for your obscene conduct and prostitution."

Eze 23:36

Eze 23:36The LORD said to me: "Son of man, are you willing to pronounce judgment on Oholah and Oholibah? Then declare to them their abominable deeds!

Eze 23:37

Eze 23:37For they have committed adultery and blood is on their hands. They have committed adultery with their idols, and their sons, whom they bore to me, they have passed through the fire as food to their idols.

Eze 23:38

Eze 23:38Moreover, they have done this to me: In the very same day they desecrated my sanctuary and profaned my Sabbaths.

Eze 23:39

Eze 23:39On the same day they slaughtered their sons for their idols, they came to my sanctuary to desecrate it. This is what they have done in the middle of my house.

Eze 23:40

Eze 23:40"They even sent for men from far away; when the messenger arrived, those men set out. For them you bathed, painted your eyes, and decorated yourself with jewelry.

Eze 23:41

Eze 23:41You sat on a magnificent couch, with a table arranged in front of it where you placed my incense and my olive oil.

Eze 23:42

Eze 23:42The sound of a carefree crowd accompanied her, including all kinds of men; even Sabeans were brought from the desert. The sisters put bracelets on their wrists and beautiful crowns on their heads.

Eze 23:43

Eze 23:43Then I said about the one worn out by adultery, 'Now they will commit immoral acts with her.'

Eze 23:44

Eze 23:44They had sex with her as one does with a prostitute. In this way they had sex with Oholah and Oholibah, promiscuous women.

Eze 23:45

Eze 23:45But upright men will punish them appropriately for their adultery and bloodshed, because they are adulteresses and blood is on their hands.

Eze 23:46

Eze 23:46"For this is what the sovereign LORD says: Bring up an army against them and subject them to terror and plunder.

Eze 23:47

Eze 23:47That army will pelt them with stones and slash them with their swords; they will kill their sons and daughters and burn their houses.

Eze 23:48

Eze 23:48I will put an end to the obscene conduct in the land; all the women will learn a lesson from this and not engage in obscene conduct.

Eze 23:49

Eze 23:49They will repay you for your obscene conduct, and you will be punished for idol worship. Then you will know that I am the sovereign LORD."

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Oholah and Oholibah's Sin and Its Consequences

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