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Ezekiel 23:1 (show verse)
The word of the Lord came to me again, saying,
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Ezekiel 23:2 (show verse)
“Son of man, there were two women, the daughters of one mother;
Ezekiel 23:3 (show verse)
and they played the harlot in Egypt. They played the harlot in their youth; there their breasts were pressed and there their virgin bosom was handled.
Ezekiel 23:4 (show verse)
Their names were Oholah the elder and Oholibah her sister. And they became Mine, and they bore sons and daughters. And as for their names, Samaria is Oholah and Jerusalem is Oholibah.
Ezekiel 23:5 (show verse)
“Oholah played the harlot while she was Mine; and she lusted after her lovers, after the Assyrians, her neighbors,
Ezekiel 23:6 (show verse)
who were clothed in purple, governors and officials, all of them desirable young men, horsemen riding on horses.
Ezekiel 23:7 (show verse)
She bestowed her harlotries on them, all of whom were the choicest men of Assyria; and with all whom she lusted after, with all their idols she defiled herself.
Ezekiel 23:8 (show verse)
She did not forsake her harlotries from the time in Egypt; for in her youth men had lain with her, and they handled her virgin bosom and poured out their lust on her.
Ezekiel 23:9 (show verse)
Therefore, I gave her into the hand of her lovers, into the hand of the Assyrians, after whom she lusted.
Ezekiel 23:10 (show verse)
They uncovered her nakedness; they took her sons and her daughters, but they slew her with the sword. Thus she became a byword among women, and they executed judgments on her.
Ezekiel 23:11 (show verse)
“Now her sister Oholibah saw this, yet she was more corrupt in her lust than she, and her harlotries were more than the harlotries of her sister.
Ezekiel 23:12 (show verse)
She lusted after the Assyrians, governors and officials, the ones near, magnificently dressed, horsemen riding on horses, all of them desirable young men.
Ezekiel 23:13 (show verse)
I saw that she had defiled herself; they both took the same way.
Ezekiel 23:14 (show verse)
So she increased her harlotries. And she saw men portrayed on the wall, images of the Chaldeans portrayed with vermilion,
Ezekiel 23:15 (show verse)
girded with belts on their loins, with flowing turbans on their heads, all of them looking like officers, like the Babylonians in Chaldea, the land of their birth.
Ezekiel 23:16 (show verse)
Ezekiel 23:17 (show verse)
The Babylonians came to her to the bed of love and defiled her with their harlotry. And when she had been defiled by them, she became disgusted with them.
Ezekiel 23:18 (show verse)
She uncovered her harlotries and uncovered her nakedness; then I became disgusted with her, as I had become disgusted with her sister.
Ezekiel 23:19 (show verse)
Yet she multiplied her harlotries, remembering the days of her youth, when she played the harlot in the land of Egypt.
Ezekiel 23:20 (show verse)
She lusted after their paramours, whose flesh is like the flesh of donkeys and whose issue is like the issue of horses.
Ezekiel 23:21 (show verse)
Thus you longed for the lewdness of your youth, when the Egyptians handled your bosom because of the breasts of your youth.
Ezekiel 23:22 (show verse)
“Therefore, O Oholibah, thus says the Lord God, ‘Behold I will arouse your lovers against you, from whom you were alienated, and I will bring them against you from every side:
Ezekiel 23:23 (show verse)
the Babylonians and all the Chaldeans, Pekod and Shoa and Koa, and all the Assyrians with them; desirable young men, governors and officials all of them, officers and men of renown, all of them riding on horses.
Assyria » The jews condemned for following the idolatries of
Chariots » Used in war by the » Babylonians
Horses » Kings and princes rode on
Israel » Captivity of » Great wickedness is the cause of their adversity
Koa » A symbolical term in
Pekod » A name for chaldea
Shoa » An unknown country or city, or a symbolical term
Chariots » Used in war by the » Babylonians
Horses » Kings and princes rode on
Israel » Captivity of » Great wickedness is the cause of their adversity
Koa » A symbolical term in
Pekod » A name for chaldea
Shoa » An unknown country or city, or a symbolical term
Ezekiel 23:24 (show verse)
They will come against you with weapons, chariots and wagons, and with a company of peoples. They will set themselves against you on every side with buckler and shield and helmet; and I will commit the judgment to them, and they will judge you according to their customs.
Ezekiel 23:25 (show verse)
I will set My jealousy against you, that they may deal with you in wrath. They will remove your nose and your ears; and your survivors will fall by the sword. They will take your sons and your daughters; and your survivors will be consumed by the fire.
Assyria » The jews condemned for following the idolatries of
Body » Mutilation of
Captive » Cruelty to » Robbed
Fire » Torture by
Israel » Captivity of » Great wickedness is the cause of their adversity
Mutilation » Of the body, general references to
Nose » Mutilated
Punishment » Death penalty » Modes of execution » Burning
Punishments » Secondary kinds of » Cutting off nose and ears
Body » Mutilation of
Captive » Cruelty to » Robbed
Fire » Torture by
Israel » Captivity of » Great wickedness is the cause of their adversity
Mutilation » Of the body, general references to
Nose » Mutilated
Punishment » Death penalty » Modes of execution » Burning
Punishments » Secondary kinds of » Cutting off nose and ears
Ezekiel 23:26 (show verse)
They will also strip you of your clothes and take away your beautiful jewels.
Ezekiel 23:27 (show verse)
Thus I will make your lewdness and your harlotry brought from the land of Egypt to cease from you, so that you will not lift up your eyes to them or remember Egypt anymore.’
Ezekiel 23:28 (show verse)
For thus says the Lord God, ‘Behold, I will give you into the hand of those whom you hate, into the hand of those from whom you were alienated.
Ezekiel 23:29 (show verse)
They will deal with you in hatred, take all your property, and leave you naked and bare. And the nakedness of your harlotries will be uncovered, both your lewdness and your harlotries.
Ezekiel 23:30 (show verse)
These things will be done to you because you have played the harlot with the nations, because you have defiled yourself with their idols.
Ezekiel 23:31 (show verse)
You have walked in the way of your sister; therefore I will give her cup into your hand.’
Ezekiel 23:32 (show verse)
Thus says the Lord God,
‘You willdrink your sister’s cup,
Which is deep and wide.
You will be laughed at and held in derision;
It contains much.
‘You will
Which is deep and wide.
It contains much.
Ezekiel 23:33 (show verse)
The cup of horror and desolation,
The cup of your sister Samaria.
Ezekiel 23:34 (show verse)
Then you will gnaw its fragments
And tear your breasts;
for I have spoken,’ declares the Lord God.
Ezekiel 23:35 (show verse)
Therefore, thus says the Lord God, ‘Because you have forgotten Me and cast Me behind your back, bear now the punishment of your lewdness and your harlotries.’”
Adultery » A type of the apostate church when disobedient » Characterized as an adulteress
Assyria » The jews condemned for following the idolatries of
Forgetting God » Punishment of
Israel » A type of the apostate church when disobedient » Characterized as an adulteress
Israel » A type of the apostate church when disobedient » Adultery of
Israel » Captivity of » Great wickedness is the cause of their adversity
Sins » National » The jews, characterized as an adulteress
Spiritual » Adoption » Adultery
Assyria » The jews condemned for following the idolatries of
Forgetting God » Punishment of
Israel » A type of the apostate church when disobedient » Characterized as an adulteress
Israel » A type of the apostate church when disobedient » Adultery of
Israel » Captivity of » Great wickedness is the cause of their adversity
Sins » National » The jews, characterized as an adulteress
Spiritual » Adoption » Adultery
Ezekiel 23:36 (show verse)
Moreover, the Lord said to me, “Son of man, will you judge Oholah and Oholibah? Then declare to them their abominations.
Ezekiel 23:37 (show verse)
For they have committed adultery, and blood is on their hands. Thus they have committed adultery with their idols and even caused their sons, whom they bore to Me, to pass through the fire to them as food.
Ezekiel 23:38 (show verse)
Again, they have done this to Me: they have defiled My sanctuary on the same day and have profaned My sabbaths.
Ezekiel 23:39 (show verse)
For when they had slaughtered their children for their idols, they entered My sanctuary on the same day to profane it; and lo, thus they did within My house.
Ezekiel 23:40 (show verse)
“Furthermore, they have even sent for men who come from afar, to whom a messenger was sent; and lo, they came—for whom you bathed, painted your eyes and decorated yourselves with ornaments;
Adorning » Rich apparel » Ornaments, wearing of
Assyria » The jews condemned for following the idolatries of
Eyes » The jewish women often painted
Eyelids » Painted
Israel » Captivity of » Great wickedness is the cause of their adversity
Ornaments » Rich apparel » Ornaments, wearing of
Painting » Around the eyes to enlarge their appearance
Assyria » The jews condemned for following the idolatries of
Eyes » The jewish women often painted
Eyelids » Painted
Israel » Captivity of » Great wickedness is the cause of their adversity
Ornaments » Rich apparel » Ornaments, wearing of
Painting » Around the eyes to enlarge their appearance
Ezekiel 23:41 (show verse)
and you sat on a splendid couch with a table arranged before it on which you had set My incense and My oil.
sacred Anointing » Oil or ointment for » Jews condemned for imitating
Assyria » The jews condemned for following the idolatries of
Beds » Often perfumed
Idolatry » Other customs of » Incense burned on altars
Israel » Captivity of » Great wickedness is the cause of their adversity
Oil » Used for idols
Assyria » The jews condemned for following the idolatries of
Beds » Often perfumed
Idolatry » Other customs of » Incense burned on altars
Israel » Captivity of » Great wickedness is the cause of their adversity
Oil » Used for idols
Ezekiel 23:42 (show verse)
The sound of a carefree multitude was with her; and drunkards were brought from the wilderness with men of the common sort. And they put bracelets on the hands of the women and beautiful crowns on their heads.
Ezekiel 23:43 (show verse)
“Then I said concerning her who was worn out by adulteries, ‘Will they now commit adultery with her when she is thus?’
Ezekiel 23:44 (show verse)
Ezekiel 23:45 (show verse)
But they, 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 on their hands.
Ezekiel 23:46 (show verse)
“For thus says the Lord God, ‘Bring up a company against them and give them over to terror and plunder.
Ezekiel 23:47 (show verse)
The company will stone them with stones and cut them down with their swords; they will slay their sons and their daughters and burn their houses with fire.
Ezekiel 23:48 (show verse)
Thus I will make lewdness cease from the land, that all women may be admonished and not commit lewdness as you have done.
Ezekiel 23:49 (show verse)
Your lewdness will be requited upon you, and you will bear the penalty of worshiping your idols; thus you will know that I am the Lord God.’”