Ezekiel:23

---

Seeker Overlay ON

* The Word of the LORD came again to me , * Son of man , there were two women , the daughters of one mother . * And they fornicated in Egypt ; they whored in their youth , their breasts were handled , and there their virgin nipples were worked . * And their names [were ] Oholah , the oldest , and Oholibah , her sister . And they were Mine , and they bore sons and daughters . And their names : Samaria [is ] Oholah , and Jerusalem [is ] Oholibah . * And Oholah whored under Me . And she lusted after her lovers , to [her ] Assyrian neighbors , * clothed with purple , governors and rulers , all of them desirable young men , horsemen riding horses . * So she bestowed her harlotries on them , the choice sons of Assyria ; [with ] all of them , and with all whom she lusted after ; she defiled herself with all their idols . * Nor did she leave her fornications from Egypt . For in her youth they lay with her , and they worked her virgin nipples , and poured their fornications on her . * Therefore I have given her into the hand of her lovers , into the hand of the Assyrians on whom she lusted . * They uncovered her nakedness . They took her sons and her daughters and killed her with the sword . And she became notorious among women , and they executed judgment on her . * And her sister Oholibah saw , she was more corrupt in her lustfulness than she , and her fornications were greater than her sister 's whoredom . * She lusted to the sons of Assyria , governors and rulers nearby , clothed most perfectly ; horsemen riding horses , all of them desirable young men . * And I saw that she was defiled , one way [was ] to both of them . * And she added to her fornications . And she saw men carved on the wall ; images of the Chaldeans engraved with vermilion , * girded with girdles on their loins , with flowing turbans on their heads , all of them looking like rulers , like the sons of Babylon [in ] Chaldea , the land of their birth ; * and she lusted after them , to the look of her eyes , and sent messengers to them into Chaldea . * And the Babylonians came to her into the bed of love , and they defiled her with fornications . And she was defiled with them , and her mind was alienated from them . * So she uncovered her fornications and uncovered her nakedness . And My soul was alienated from her just as My soul was alienated from her sister . * Yet she multiplied her fornications to recall the days of her youth , in which she had played the harlot in the land of Egypt . * And she lusted on her lovers , whose flesh is like the flesh of asses and whose issue [is like ] the issue of horses . * So you longed for the wickedness of your youth , when the Egyptians worked your nipples , for the sake of the breasts of your youth . * So , O Oholibah , the Lord Jehovah says this : Behold , I will raise up against you your lovers , from whom your soul is alienated ; and I will bring them against you from all around ; * the Babylonians , and all the Chaldeans , Pekod , and Shoa , and Koa , [and ] all the Assyrians with them ; all of them desirable young men , governors and rulers , all of them , third heads and called ones ; all of them riding on horses . * And they shall come against you [with ] weapons , chariots , and wheels , and with an assembly of peoples ; buckler and shield and helmet shall set against you all around . And I will set judgment before them , and they shall judge you by their judgments . * And I will set My jealousy against you , and they shall deal with you in fury . They shall take away your nose and your ears , and the rest of you shall fall by the sword . They shall take away your sons and your daughters , and the rest of you shall be devoured by the fire . * They shall also strip you [of ] your clothes and take away your beautiful jewels . * So I will make your wickedness to cease from you , and your fornication from the land of Egypt . And you shall not lift up your eyes to them , nor shall you remember Egypt any more . * For so says the Lord Jehovah : Behold , I will give you into the hand of [those ] whom you hate , into the hand of whom your soul was alienated , from them . * And they shall deal with you in hatred , and shall take away all your labor , and shall leave you naked and bare . And the nakedness of your fornications shall be uncovered , both your wickedness and your fornications . * These [things ] will be done to you because you have whored after the nations , and because you are defiled with their idols . * You have walked in the way of your sister ; therefore I will give her cup into your hand . * So says the Lord Jehovah : You shall drink of your sister 's cup deep and large ; you shall be laughed to scorn and mocked ; for it holds much . * [In ] drunkenness and sorrow you are filled , the cup of horror and ruin , the cup of your sister Samaria . * You shall even drink it and empty it . And you shall break its pieces , and tear off your own breasts . For I have spoken , says the Lord Jehovah . * So the Lord Jehovah says this : Because you have forgotten Me and cast Me behind your back , therefore bear also your wickedness and your adulteries . * And the LORD said to me : Son of man , will you judge Oholah and Oholibah , and declare to them their abominations , * that they have committed adultery , and blood [is ] on their hands ? And they have committed adultery with their idols and have also caused their sons whom they bore to Me to pass through the fire to them , to devour them . * And yet they have done this to Me : They have defiled My sanctuary in that day , and have profaned My sabbaths . * And when they had slain their sons to their idols , then they came into My sanctuary in that day to profane it . And lo , this they have done in the midst of My house . * And they have even sent for men to come from far , to whom a messenger [was ] sent . And lo , they came . You washed yourself for them , painted your eyes , and adorned yourself with ornaments , * and sat on a stately bed with a table prepared before it , on which you set My incense and My oil . * And the sound of a crowd [was ] at ease with her ; and drunkards from the wilderness were brought with the men of the host of mankind ; and they put bracelets on their hands , and crowns of beauty on their heads . * And I said about the one worn [in ] adulteries , Will they now whore with her , and she [with them ]? * And they went in to her , as [they ] go in to a woman of harlotry ; so they went in to Oholah and to Oholibah , the wicked women . * And [as ] righteous men , they shall judge them [with ] the judgment of adulteresses , and the judgment of women who shed blood ; because they [are ] adulteresses , and blood [is ] in their hands . * For so says the Lord Jehovah : I will bring up a company on them , and will give them to be removed and stripped . * And the company shall stone them [with ] stones , and cut them down with their swords . They shall kill their sons and their daughters , and burn up their houses with fire . * So I will cause wickedness to cease out of the land , that all women may be taught , even not to go after your wickedness . * And they shall put your wickedness on you , and you shall bear the sins of your idols . And you shall know that I [am ] the Lord Jehovah .

---