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Ezekiel 23 (WEBP)

[1] Yahweh’s word came again to me, saying,
[2] “Son of man, there were two women, the daughters of one mother.
[3] They played the prostitute in Egypt. They played the prostitute in their youth. Their breasts were fondled there, and their youthful nipples were caressed there.
[4] Their names were Oholah the elder, and Oholibah her sister. They became mine, and they bore sons and daughters. As for their names, Samaria is Oholah, and Jerusalem Oholibah.
[5] “Oholah played the prostitute when she was mine. She doted on her lovers, on the Assyrians her neighbors,
[6] who were clothed with blue—governors and rulers, all of them desirable young men, horsemen riding on horses.
[7] She gave herself as a prostitute to them, all of them the choicest men of Assyria. She defiled herself with the idols of whoever she lusted after.
[8] She hasn’t left her prostitution since leaving Egypt; for in her youth they lay with her. They caressed her youthful nipples and they poured out their prostitution on her.
[9] “Therefore I delivered her into the hand of her lovers, into the hand of the Assyrians on whom she doted.
[10] These uncovered her nakedness. They took her sons and her daughters, and they killed her with the sword. She became a byword among women; for they executed judgments on her.
[11] “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.
[12] She lusted after the Assyrians, governors and rulers—her neighbors, clothed most gorgeously, horsemen riding on horses, all of them desirable young men.
[13] I saw that she was defiled. They both went the same way.
[14] “She increased her prostitution; for she saw men portrayed on the wall, the images of the Chaldeans portrayed with red,
[15] dressed with belts on their waists, with flowing turbans on their heads, all of them looking like princes, after the likeness of the Babylonians in Chaldea, the land of their birth.
[16] As soon as she saw them, she lusted after them and sent messengers to them into Chaldea.
[17] The Babylonians came to her into the bed of love, and they defiled her with their prostitution. She was polluted with them, and her soul was alienated from them.
[18] 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.
[19] Yet she multiplied her prostitution, remembering the days of her youth, in which she had played the prostitute in the land of Egypt.
[20] She lusted after their lovers, whose flesh is as the flesh of donkeys, and whose issue is like the issue of horses.
[21] Thus you called to memory the lewdness of your youth, in the caressing of your nipples by the Egyptians because of your youthful breasts.
[22] “Therefore, Oholibah, the Lord Yahweh says: ‘Behold, I will raise up your lovers against you, from whom your soul is alienated, and I will bring them against you on every side:
[23] the Babylonians and all the Chaldeans, Pekod, Shoa, Koa, and all the Assyrians with them; all of them desirable young men, governors and rulers, princes and men of renown, all of them riding on horses.
[24] They will come against you with weapons, chariots, and wagons, and with a company of peoples. They will set themselves against you with buckler, shield, and helmet all around. I will commit the judgment to them, and they will judge you according to their judgments.
[25] I will set my jealousy against you, and they will deal with you in fury. They will take away your nose and your ears. Your remnant will fall by the sword. They will take your sons and your daughters; and the rest of you will be devoured by the fire.
[26] They will also strip you of your clothes and take away your beautiful jewels.
[27] Thus I will make your lewdness to cease from you, and remove your prostitution from the land of Egypt, so that you will not lift up your eyes to them, nor remember Egypt any more.’
[28] “For the Lord Yahweh says: ‘Behold, I will deliver you into the hand of them whom you hate, into the hand of them from whom your soul is alienated.
[29] They will deal with you in hatred, and will take away all your labor, and will leave you naked and bare. The nakedness of your prostitution will be uncovered, both your lewdness and your prostitution.
[30] These things will be done to you because you have played the prostitute after the nations, and because you are polluted with their idols.
[31] You have walked in the way of your sister; therefore I will give her cup into your hand.’
[32] “The Lord Yahweh says: ‘You will drink of your sister’s cup, which is deep and large. You will be ridiculed and held in derision. It contains much.
[33] You will be filled with drunkenness and sorrow, with the cup of astonishment and desolation, with the cup of your sister Samaria.
[34] You will even drink it and drain it out. You will gnaw the broken pieces of it, and will tear your breasts;
[35] “Therefore the Lord Yahweh says: ‘Because you have forgotten me and cast me behind your back, therefore you also bear your lewdness and your prostitution.’ ”
[36] Yahweh said moreover to me: “Son of man, will you judge Oholah and Oholibah? Then declare to them their abominations.
[37] For they have committed adultery, and blood is in their hands. They have committed adultery with their idols. They have also caused their sons, whom they bore to me, to pass through the fire to them to be devoured.
[38] Moreover this they have done to me: they have defiled my sanctuary in the same day, and have profaned my Sabbaths.
[39] For when they had slain their children to their idols, then they came the same day into my sanctuary to profane it; and behold, they have done this in the middle of my house.
[40] “Furthermore you sisters have sent for men who come from far away, to whom a messenger was sent, and behold, they came; for whom you washed yourself, painted your eyes, decorated yourself with ornaments,
[41] and sat on a stately bed, with a table prepared before it, whereupon you set my incense and my oil.
[42] “The voice of a multitude being at ease was with her. With men of the common sort were brought drunkards from the wilderness; and they put bracelets on their hands, and beautiful crowns on their heads.
[43] Then I said of her who was old in adulteries, ‘Now they will play the prostitute with her, and she with them.’
[44] They went in to her, as they go in to a prostitute. So they went in to Oholah and to Oholibah, the lewd women.
[45] Righteous men will judge them with the judgment of adulteresses and with the judgment of women who shed blood, because they are adulteresses, and blood is in their hands.
[46] “For the Lord Yahweh says: ‘I will bring up a mob against them, and will give them to be tossed back and forth and robbed.
[47] The company will stone them with stones and dispatch them with their swords. They will kill their sons and their daughters, and burn up their houses with fire.
[48] “ ‘Thus I will cause lewdness to cease out of the land, that all women may be taught not to be lewd like you.
[49] They will recompense your lewdness on you, and you will bear the sins of your idols. Then you will know that I am the Lord Yahweh.’ ”

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

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Ezekiel 23 (KJVS)

[1] The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying (),
[2] Son of man , there were two women , the daughters of one mother :
[3] And they committed whoredoms () in Egypt ; they committed whoredoms () in their youth : there were their breasts pressed (), and there they bruised () the teats of their virginity .
[4] And the names of them [were] Aholah the elder , and Aholibah her sister : and they were mine, and they bare () sons and daughters . Thus [were] their names ; Samaria [is] Aholah , and Jerusalem Aholibah .
[5] And Aholah played the harlot () when she was mine ; and she doted () on her lovers (), on the Assyrians [her] neighbours ,
[6] [Which were] clothed () with blue , captains and rulers , all of them desirable young men , horsemen riding () upon horses .
[7] Thus she committed () her whoredoms with them, with all them [that were] the chosen men of Assyria , and with all on whom she doted (): with all their idols she defiled () herself.
[8] Neither left () she her whoredoms [brought] from Egypt : for in her youth they lay () with her, and they bruised () the breasts of her virginity , and poured () their whoredom upon her.
[9] Wherefore I have delivered () her into the hand of her lovers (), into the hand of the Assyrians , upon whom she doted ().
[10] These discovered () her nakedness : they took () her sons and her daughters , and slew () her with the sword : and she became famous among women ; for they had executed () judgment upon her.
[11] And when her sister Aholibah saw () [this], she was more corrupt () in her inordinate love than she, and in her whoredoms more than her sister in [her] whoredoms .
[12] She doted () upon the Assyrians [her] neighbours , captains and rulers clothed () most gorgeously , horsemen riding () upon horses , all of them desirable young men .
[13] Then I saw () that she was defiled (), [that] they [took] both one way ,
[14] And [that] she increased () her whoredoms : for when she saw () men pourtrayed () upon the wall , the images of the Chaldeans pourtrayed () with vermilion ,
[15] Girded with girdles upon their loins , exceeding () in dyed attire upon their heads , all of them princes to look to , after the manner of the Babylonians of Chaldea , the land of their nativity :
[16] And as soon as she saw them with her eyes , she doted () upon them, and sent () messengers unto them into Chaldea .
[17] And the Babylonians came () to her into the bed of love , and they defiled () her with their whoredom , and she was polluted () with them, and her mind was alienated () from them.
[18] So she discovered () her whoredoms , and discovered () her nakedness : then my mind was alienated () from her, like as my mind was alienated () from her sister .
[19] Yet she multiplied () her whoredoms , in calling to remembrance () the days of her youth , wherein she had played the harlot () in the land of Egypt .
[20] For she doted () upon their paramours , whose flesh [is as] the flesh of asses , and whose issue [is like] the issue of horses .
[21] Thus thou calledst to remembrance () the lewdness of thy youth , in bruising () thy teats by the Egyptians for the paps of thy youth .
[22] Therefore, O Aholibah , thus saith () the Lord GOD ; Behold, I will raise up () thy lovers () against thee, from whom thy mind is alienated (), and I will bring () them against thee on every side ;
[23] The Babylonians , and all the Chaldeans , Pekod , and Shoa , and Koa , [and] all the Assyrians with them: all of them desirable young men , captains and rulers , great lords and renowned (), all of them riding () upon horses .
[24] And they shall come () against thee with chariots , wagons , and wheels , and with an assembly of people , [which] shall set () against thee buckler and shield and helmet round about : and I will set () judgment before them, and they shall judge () thee according to their judgments .
[25] And I will set () my jealousy against thee, and they shall deal () furiously with thee: they shall take away () thy nose and thine ears ; and thy remnant shall fall () by the sword : they shall take () thy sons and thy daughters ; and thy residue shall be devoured () by the fire .
[26] They shall also strip () thee out of thy clothes , and take away () thy fair jewels .
[27] Thus will I make thy lewdness to cease () from thee, and thy whoredom [brought] from the land of Egypt : so that thou shalt not lift up () thine eyes unto them, nor remember () Egypt any more.
[28] For thus saith () the Lord GOD ; Behold, I will deliver () thee into the hand [of them] whom thou hatest (), into the hand [of them] from whom thy mind is alienated ():
[29] And they shall deal () with thee hatefully , and shall take away () all thy labour , and shall leave () thee naked and bare : and the nakedness of thy whoredoms shall be discovered (), both thy lewdness and thy whoredoms .
[30] I will do () these [things] unto thee, because thou hast gone a whoring () after the heathen , [and] because thou art polluted () with their idols .
[31] Thou hast walked () in the way of thy sister ; therefore will I give () her cup into thine hand .
[32] Thus saith () the Lord GOD ; Thou shalt drink () of thy sister’s cup deep and large : thou shalt be laughed to scorn and had in derision ; it containeth () much .
[33] Thou shalt be filled () with drunkenness and sorrow , with the cup of astonishment and desolation , with the cup of thy sister Samaria .
[34] Thou shalt even drink () it and suck [it] out (), and thou shalt break () the sherds thereof, and pluck off () thine own breasts : for I have spoken () [it], saith () the Lord GOD .
[35] Therefore thus saith () the Lord GOD ; Because thou hast forgotten () me, and cast () me behind thy back , therefore bear () thou also thy lewdness and thy whoredoms .
[36] The LORD said () moreover unto me; Son of man , wilt thou judge () Aholah and Aholibah ? yea, declare () unto them their abominations ;
[37] That they have committed adultery (), and blood [is] in their hands , and with their idols have they committed adultery (), and have also caused their sons , whom they bare () unto me, to pass for them through () [the fire], to devour [them].
[38] Moreover this they have done () unto me: they have defiled () my sanctuary in the same day , and have profaned () my sabbaths .
[39] For when they had slain () their children to their idols , then they came () the same day into my sanctuary to profane () it; and, lo, thus have they done () in the midst of mine house .
[40] And furthermore , that ye have sent () for men to come () from far , unto whom a messenger [was] sent (); and, lo, they came (): for whom thou didst wash () thyself, paintedst () thy eyes , and deckedst () thyself with ornaments ,
[41] And satest () upon a stately bed , and a table prepared () before it, whereupon thou hast set () mine incense and mine oil .
[42] And a voice of a multitude being at ease [was] with her: and with the men of the common sort [were] brought () Sabeans () () from the wilderness , which put () bracelets upon their hands , and beautiful crowns upon their heads .
[43] Then said () I unto [her that was] old in adulteries , Will they now commit () whoredoms with her, and she [with them]?
[44] Yet they went in () unto her, as they go in () unto a woman that playeth the harlot (): so went they in () unto Aholah and unto Aholibah , the lewd women .
[45] And the righteous men , they shall judge () them after the manner of adulteresses (), and after the manner of women that shed () blood ; because they [are] adulteresses (), and blood [is] in their hands .
[46] For thus saith () the Lord GOD ; I will bring up () a company upon them, and will give () them to be removed and spoiled .
[47] And the company shall stone () them with stones , and dispatch () them with their swords ; they shall slay () their sons and their daughters , and burn up () their houses with fire .
[48] Thus will I cause lewdness to cease () out of the land , that all women may be taught () not to do () after your lewdness .
[49] And they shall recompense () your lewdness upon you, and ye shall bear () the sins of your idols : and ye shall know () that I [am] the Lord GOD .

Young’s Literal Translation

Ezekiel 23 (YLT)

[1] And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying, ‘Son of man,
[2] Two women were daughters of one mother,
[3] And they go a-whoring in Egypt, In their youth they have gone a-whoring, There they have bruised their breasts, And there they have dealt with the loves of their virginity.
[4] And their names are Aholah the elder, And Aholibah her sister, And they are Mine, and bear sons and daughters. As to their names-Samaria is Aholah, And Jerusalem is Aholibah.
[5] And go a-whoring doth Aholah under Me, And she doteth on her lovers, On the neighbouring Assyrians,
[6] Clothed with blue-governors and prefects, Desirable young men all of them, Horsemen, riding on horses,
[7] And she giveth her whoredoms on them, The choice of the sons of Asshur, All of them-even all on whom she doted, By all their idols she hath been defiled.
[8] And her whoredoms out of Egypt she hath not forsaken, For with her they lay in her youth, And they dealt with the loves of her virginity, And they pour out their whoredoms on her.
[9] Therefore I have given her into the hand of her lovers, Into the hand of sons of Asshur on whom she doted.
[10] They have uncovered her nakedness, Her sons and her daughters they have taken, And her by sword they have slain, And she is a name for women, And judgments they have done with her.
[11] 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.
[12] On sons of Asshur she hath doted, Governors and prefects, Neighbouring ones-clothed in perfection, Horsemen, riding on horses, Desirable young men all of them.
[13] And I see that she hath been defiled, One way is to them both.
[14] And she doth add unto her whoredoms, And she seeth graved men on the wall, Pictures of Chaldeans, graved with red lead,
[15] Girded with a girdle on their loins, Dyed attire spread out on their heads, The appearance of rulers-all of them, The likeness of sons of Babylon, Chaldea is the land of their birth.
[16] And she doteth on them at the sight of her eyes, And sendeth messengers to them, to Chaldea.
[17] And come in unto her do sons of Babylon, To the bed of loves, And they defile her with their whoredoms, And she is defiled with them, And her soul is alienated from them.
[18] 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.
[19] And she multiplieth her whoredoms, To remember the days of her youth, When she went a-whoring in the land of Egypt.
[20] And she doteth on their paramours, Whose flesh is the flesh of asses, And the issue of horses-their issue.
[21] Thou lookest after the wickedness of thy youth, In dealing out of Egypt thy loves, For the sake of the breasts of thy youth.
[22] Therefore, O Aholibah, thus said the Lord Jehovah: Lo, I am stirring up thy lovers against thee, From whom thy soul hath been alienated, And have brought them in against thee from round about.
[23] Sons of Babylon, and of all Chaldea, Pekod, and Shoa, and Koa, All the sons of Asshur with them, Desirable young men, governors and prefects, All of them-rulers and proclaimed ones, Riding on horses, all of them.
[24] And they have come in against thee, With arms, rider, and wheel, And with an assembly of peoples; Target, and shield, and helmet, They do set against thee round about, And I have set before them judgment, They have judged thee in their Judgments.
[25] And I have set My jealousy against thee, And they have dealt with thee in fury, Thy nose and thine ears they turn aside, And thy posterity by sword falleth, They, thy sons and thy daughters do take away, And thy posterity is devoured by fire.
[26] And they have stripped thee of thy garments, And have taken thy beauteous jewels.
[27] And I have caused thy wickedness to cease from thee, And thy whoredoms out of the land of Egypt, And thou liftest not up thine eyes unto them, And Egypt thou dost not remember again.
[28] For thus said the Lord Jehovah: Lo, I am giving thee into a hand that thou hast hated, Into a hand from which thou wast alienated.
[29] And they have dealt with thee in hatred, And they have taken all thy labour, And they have left thee naked and bare, And revealed hath been the nakedness of thy whoredoms, And the wickedness of thy whoredoms.
[30] To do these things to thee, In thy going a-whoring after nations, Because thou hast been defiled with their idols,
[31] In the way of thy sister thou hast walked, And I have given her cup into thy hand.
[32] Thus said the Lord Jehovah: The cup of thy sister thou dost drink, The deep and the wide one, (Thou art for laughter and for scorn,) Abundant to contain.
[33] With drunkenness and sorrow thou art filled, A cup of astonishment and desolation, The cup of thy sister Samaria.
[34] And thou hast drunk it, and hast drained it, And its earthen ware thou dost gnaw, And thine own breasts thou pluckest off, For I have spoken, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah,
[35] Therefore, thus said the Lord Jehovah: Because thou hast forgotten Me, And thou dost cast Me behind thy back, Even thou also bear thy wickedness and thy whoredoms.’
[36] And Jehovah saith unto me, ‘Son of man, Dost thou judge Aholah and Aholibah? Declare then to them their abominations.
[37] For they have committed adultery, And blood is in their hands, With their idols they committed adultery, And also their sons whom they bore to Me, They caused to pass over to them for food.
[38] Again, this they have done to Me, They defiled My sanctuary in that day, And My sabbaths they have polluted.
[39] And in their slaughtering their sons to their idols They also come in unto My sanctuary in that day to pollute it, And lo, thus they have done in the midst of My house,
[40] And also that they send to men coming from afar, Unto whom a messenger is sent, And lo, they have come in for whom thou hast washed, Painted thine eyes, and put on adornment.
[41] And thou hast sat on a couch of honour, And a table arrayed before it, And My perfume and My oil placed on it.
[42] And the voice of a multitude at ease is with her, And unto men of the common people are brought in Sabeans from the wilderness, And they put bracelets on their hands, And a beauteous crown on their heads.
[43] And I say of the worn-out one in adulteries, Now they commit her whoredoms-she also!
[44] And they come in unto her, As the coming in unto a whorish woman, So they have come in unto Aholah, And unto Aholibah-the wicked women.
[45] As to righteous men, they judge them with the judgment of adulteresses, And the judgment of women shedding blood, For they are adulteresses, And blood is in their hands.
[46] For thus said the Lord Jehovah: Bring up against them an assembly, And give them to trembling and to spoiling.
[47] And they have cast at them the stone of the assembly, And cut them with their swords, Their sons and their daughters they do slay, And their houses with fire they burn.
[48] And I have caused wickedness to cease from the land, And instructed have been all the women, And they do not according to your wickedness.
[49] And they have put your wickedness on you, And the sins of your idols ye bear, And ye have known that I am the Lord Jehovah!