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Ezekiel 23 : 2 - 21
Chapter 23
| 2 | "Son of man, there were two women, The daughters of one mother. |
| 3 | They committed harlotry in Egypt, They committed harlotry in their youth; Their breasts were there embraced, Their virgin bosom was there pressed. |
| 4 | Their names: Oholah the elder and Oholibah her sister; They were Mine, And they bore sons and daughters. As for their names, Samaria is Oholah, and Jerusalem is Oholibah. |
| 5 | "Oholah played the harlot even though she was Mine; And she lusted for her lovers, the neighboring Assyrians, |
| 6 | Who were clothed in purple, Captains and rulers, All of them desirable young men, Horsemen riding on horses. |
| 7 | Thus she committed her harlotry with them, All of them choice men of Assyria; And with all for whom she lusted, With all their idols, she defiled herself. |
| 8 | She has never given up her harlotry brought from Egypt, For in her youth they had lain with her, Pressed her virgin bosom, And poured out their immorality upon her. |
| 9 | "Therefore I have delivered her Into the hand of her lovers, Into the hand of the Assyrians, For whom she lusted. |
| 10 | They uncovered her nakedness, Took away her sons and daughters, And slew her with the sword; She became a byword among women, For they had executed judgment on her. |
| 11 | "Now although her sister Oholibah saw this, she became more corrupt in her lust than she, and in her harlotry more corrupt than her sister's harlotry. |
| 12 | "She lusted for the neighboring Assyrians, Captains and rulers, Clothed most gorgeously, Horsemen riding on horses, All of them desirable young men. |
| 13 | Then I saw that she was defiled; Both took the same way. |
| 14 | But she increased her harlotry; She looked at men portrayed on the wall, Images of Chaldeans portrayed in vermilion, |
| 15 | Girded with belts around their waists, Flowing turbans on their heads, All of them looking like captains, In the manner of the Babylonians of Chaldea, The land of their nativity. |
| 16 | As soon as her eyes saw them, She lusted for them And sent messengers to them in Chaldea. |
| 17 | "Then the Babylonians came to her, into the bed of love, And they defiled her with their immorality; So she was defiled by them, and alienated herself from them. |
| 18 | She revealed her harlotry and uncovered her nakedness. Then I alienated Myself from her, As I had alienated Myself from her sister. |
| 19 | "Yet she multiplied her harlotry In calling to remembrance the days of her youth, When she had played the harlot in the land of Egypt. |
| 20 | For she lusted for her paramours, Whose flesh is like the flesh of donkeys, And whose issue is like the issue of horses. |
| 21 | Thus you called to remembrance the lewdness of your youth, When the Egyptians pressed your bosom Because of your youthful breasts. |