Ezekiel 23

23The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying,H1697H3068H5592Son of man, there were two women, the daughters of one mother:H1121H120H8147H802H1323H259H5173And 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.H2181H4714H2181H5271H7699H4600H6213H1717H13314And 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. / Aholah: that is, His tent, or, tabernacle / Aholibah: that is, My tabernacle in herH8034H170H1419H172H269H3205H1121H1323H8034H8111H170H3389H1725And Aholah played the harlot when she was mine; and she doted on her lovers, on the Assyrians her neighbours,H170H2181H8478H5689H157H804H71386Which were clothed with blue, captains and rulers, all of them desirable young men, horsemen riding upon horses.H3847H8504H6346H5461H2531H970H6571H7392H54837Thus 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. / committed…: Heb. bestowed her whoredoms upon them / the chosen…: Heb. the choice of the children of AsshurH5414H8457H4005H1121H804H5689H1544H29308Neither 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.H5800H8457H4714H5271H7901H6213H1717H1331H8210H84579Wherefore I have delivered her into the hand of her lovers, into the hand of the Assyrians, upon whom she doted.H5414H3027H157H3027H1121H804H568910These 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. / famous: Heb. a nameH1540H6172H3947H1121H1323H2026H2719H8034H802H6213H819611And 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. / she was…: Heb. she corrupted her inordinate love more than, etc / more than…: Heb. more than the whoredoms of her sisterH269H172H7200H7843H5691H8457H269H218312She doted upon the Assyrians her neighbours, captains and rulers clothed most gorgeously, horsemen riding upon horses, all of them desirable young men.H5689H1121H804H7138H6346H5461H3847H4358H6571H7392H5483H2531H97013Then I saw that she was defiled, that they took both one way,H7200H2930H8147H259H187014And that she increased her whoredoms: for when she saw men pourtrayed upon the wall, the images of the Chaldeans pourtrayed with vermilion,H3254H8457H7200H582H2707H7023H6754H3778H2710H835015Girded 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:H2289H232H4975H5628H2871H7218H7991H4758H1823H1121H894H3778H776H413816And as soon as she saw them with her eyes, she doted upon them, and sent messengers unto them into Chaldea. / as soon…: Heb. at the sight of her eyesH4758H5869H5689H7971H4397H377817And 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. / Babylonians: Heb. children of Babel / alienated: Heb. loosed, or, disjointedH1121H894H935H4904H1730H2930H8457H2930H5315H336318So she discovered her whoredoms, and discovered her nakedness: then my mind was alienated from her, like as my mind was alienated from her sister.H1540H8457H1540H6172H5315H3363H5315H5361H26919Yet she multiplied her whoredoms, in calling to remembrance the days of her youth, wherein she had played the harlot in the land of Egypt.H7235H8457H2142H3117H5271H2181H776H471420For she doted upon their paramours, whose flesh is as the flesh of asses, and whose issue is like the issue of horses.H5689H6370H1320H1320H2543H2231H2231H548321Thus thou calledst to remembrance the lewdness of thy youth, in bruising thy teats by the Egyptians for the paps of thy youth.H6485H2154H5271H6213H1717H4714H7699H527122Therefore, 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;H172H559H136H3069H5782H157H5315H5361H935H543923The 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.H1121H894H3778H6489H7772H6970H1121H804H2531H970H6346H5461H7991H7121H7392H548324And 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.H935H2021H7393H1534H6951H5971H7760H6793H4043H6959H5439H5414H4941H6440H8199H494125And 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.H5414H7068H6213H2534H5493H639H241H319H5307H2719H3947H1121H1323H319H398H78426They shall also strip thee out of thy clothes, and take away thy fair jewels. / fair…: Heb. instruments of thy deckingH6584H899H3947H8597H362727Thus 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.H2154H7673H2184H776H4714H5375H5869H2142H471428For 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:H559H136H3069H5414H3027H8130H3027H5315H536129And 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.H6213H8135H3947H3018H5800H5903H6181H6172H2183H1540H2154H845730I will do these things unto thee, because thou hast gone a whoring after the heathen, and because thou art polluted with their idols.H6213H2181H310H1471H2930H154431Thou hast walked in the way of thy sister; therefore will I give her cup into thine hand.H1980H1870H269H5414H3563H302732Thus 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.H559H136H3069H8354H269H3563H6013H7342H6712H3933H3557H476733Thou shalt be filled with drunkenness and sorrow, with the cup of astonishment and desolation, with the cup of thy sister Samaria.H4390H7943H3015H3563H8047H8077H3563H269H811134Thou 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.H8354H4680H1633H2789H5423H7699H1696H5002H136H306935Therefore 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.H559H136H3069H7911H7993H310H1458H5375H2154H845736The LORD said moreover unto me; Son of man, wilt thou judge Aholah and Aholibah? yea, declare unto them their abominations; / judge: or, plead forH3068H559H1121H120H8199H170H172H5046H844137That 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.H5003H1818H3027H1544H5003H1121H3205H5674H40238Moreover this they have done unto me: they have defiled my sanctuary in the same day, and have profaned my sabbaths.H6213H2930H4720H3117H2490H767639For 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.H7819H1121H1544H935H3117H4720H2490H6213H8432H100440And 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, / to come: Heb. comingH637H7971H582H935H4801H4397H7971H935H7364H3583H5869H5710H571641And satest upon a stately bed, and a table prepared before it, whereupon thou hast set mine incense and mine oil. / stately: Heb. honourableH3427H3520H4296H7979H6186H6440H7760H7004H808142And 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. / of the…: Heb. of the multitude of men / Sabeans: or, drunkardsH6963H1995H7961H582H7230H120H935H5436H5433H4057H5414H6781H3027H8597H5850H721843Then said I unto her that was old in adulteries, Will they now commit whoredoms with her, and she with them? / whoredoms…: Heb. her whoredomsH559H1087H5004H2181H845744Yet 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.H935H935H802H2181H935H170H172H2154H80245And 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.H6662H582H8199H4941H5003H4941H8210H1818H5003H1818H302746For thus saith the Lord GOD; I will bring up a company upon them, and will give them to be removed and spoiled. / to be…: Heb. for a removing and spoilH559H136H3069H5927H6951H5414H2189H95747And 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. / dispatch…: or, single them outH6951H7275H68H1254H2719H2026H1121H1323H8313H1004H78448Thus will I cause lewdness to cease out of the land, that all women may be taught not to do after your lewdness.H2154H7673H776H802H3256H6213H215449And 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.H5414H2154H5375H2399H1544H3045H136H3069