Ezekiel 23 (NET)

Ezekiel 23:1¹The Lord’ s message came to me:Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Ezekiel 23:2²“Son of man, there were two women who were daughters of the same mother.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Ezekiel 23:3³They engaged in prostitution in Egypt; in their youth they engaged in prostitution. Their breasts were squeezed there; lovers fondled their virgin nipples there.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Ezekiel 23:4⁴Oholah 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.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Ezekiel 23:5⁵“Oholah engaged in prostitution while she was mine. She lusted after her lovers, the Assyrians —warriorsCopy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Ezekiel 23:6⁶clothed in blue, governors and officials, all of them desirable young men, horsemen riding on horses.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Ezekiel 23:7⁷She 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.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Ezekiel 23:8⁸She did not abandon the prostitution she had practiced in Egypt, for in her youth men went to bed with her, fondled her virgin breasts, and ravished her.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Ezekiel 23:9⁹Therefore I handed her over to her lovers, the Assyrians for whom she lusted.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Ezekiel 23:10¹⁰They 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.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Ezekiel 23:11¹¹“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.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Ezekiel 23:12¹²She lusted after the Assyrians—governors and officials, warriors in full armor, horsemen riding on horses, all of them desirable young men.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Ezekiel 23:13¹³I saw that she was defiled; both of them followed the same path.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Ezekiel 23:14¹⁴But she increased her prostitution. She saw men carved on the wall, images of the Chaldeans carved in bright red,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Ezekiel 23:15¹⁵wearing 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.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Ezekiel 23:16¹⁶When she saw them, she lusted after them and sent messengers to them in Chaldea.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Ezekiel 23:17¹⁷The Babylonians crawled into bed with her. They defiled her with their lust; after she was defiled by them, she became disgusted with them.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Ezekiel 23:18¹⁸When she lustfully exposed her nakedness, I was disgusted with her, just as I had been disgusted with her sister.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Ezekiel 23:19¹⁹Yet she increased her prostitution, remembering the days of her youth when she engaged in prostitution in the land of Egypt.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Ezekiel 23:20²⁰She lusted after her lovers there, whose genitals were like those of donkeys, and whose emission was like that of stallions.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Ezekiel 23:21²¹This is how you assessed the obscene conduct of your youth, when the Egyptians fondled your nipples and squeezed your young breasts.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Ezekiel 23:22²²“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:Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Ezekiel 23:23²³the 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.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Ezekiel 23:24²⁴They 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.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Ezekiel 23:25²⁵I 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.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Ezekiel 23:26²⁶They will strip your clothes off you and take away your beautiful jewelry.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Ezekiel 23:27²⁷So I will put an end to your obscene conduct and your prostitution that you have practiced in the land of Egypt. You will not seek their help or remember Egypt anymore.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Ezekiel 23:28²⁸“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.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Ezekiel 23:29²⁹They 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.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Ezekiel 23:30³⁰I will do these things to you because you engaged in prostitution with the nations, polluting yourself with their idols.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Ezekiel 23:31³¹You have followed the ways of your sister, so I will place her cup of judgment in your hand.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Ezekiel 23:32³²This 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.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Ezekiel 23:33³³You will be overcome by drunkenness and sorrow. The cup of your sister Samaria is a cup of horror and desolation.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Ezekiel 23:34³⁴You will drain it dry, gnaw its pieces, and tear out your breasts, for I have spoken, declares the Sovereign Lord.’Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Ezekiel 23:35³⁵“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.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Ezekiel 23:36³⁶The Lord said to me: “Son of man, are you willing to pronounce judgment on Oholah and Oholibah? Then declare to them their abominable deeds!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Ezekiel 23:37³⁷For 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.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Ezekiel 23:38³⁸Moreover, they have done this to me: In the very same day they desecrated my sanctuary and profaned my Sabbaths.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Ezekiel 23:39³⁹On 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.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Ezekiel 23:40⁴⁰“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.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Ezekiel 23:41⁴¹You sat on a magnificent couch, with a table arranged in front of it where you placed my incense and my olive oil.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Ezekiel 23:42⁴²The 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.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Ezekiel 23:43⁴³Then I said about the one worn out by adultery, ‘Now they will commit immoral acts with her.’Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Ezekiel 23:44⁴⁴They slept with her the way someone sleeps with a prostitute. In this way they slept with Oholah and Oholibah, promiscuous women.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Ezekiel 23:45⁴⁵But upright men will punish them appropriately for their adultery and bloodshed, because they are adulteresses and blood is on their hands.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Ezekiel 23:46⁴⁶“For this is what the Sovereign Lord says: Bring up an army against them and subject them to terror and plunder.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Ezekiel 23:47⁴⁷That army will pelt them with stones and slash them with their swords; they will kill their sons and daughters and burn their houses.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Ezekiel 23:48⁴⁸I 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.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Ezekiel 23:49⁴⁹They 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.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s