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1 And there is a word of YHWH to me, saying, “Son of man, The word of the LORD came to me: The word of the LORD came to me:
2 Two women were daughters of one mother, “Son of man, there were two women, the daughters of one mother. “Son of man, there were two women, daughters of the same mother.
3 And they go whoring in Egypt, || They have gone whoring in their youth, || There they have bruised their breasts, || And there they have dealt with the loves of their virginity. They played the whore in Egypt; they played the whore in their youth; there their breasts were pressed and their virgin bosoms handled. They became prostitutes in Egypt, engaging in prostitution from their youth. In that land their breasts were fondled and their virgin bosoms caressed.
4 And their names [are] Aholah the older, || And Aholibah her sister, || And they are Mine, and bear sons and daughters. As for their names—Samaria [is] Aholah, || And Jerusalem [is] Aholibah. Oholah was the name of the elder and Oholibah the name of her sister. They became mine, and they bore sons and daughters. As for their names, Oholah is Samaria, and Oholibah is Jerusalem. The older was named Oholah, and her sister was Oholibah. They were mine and gave birth to sons and daughters. Oholah is Samaria, and Oholibah is Jerusalem.
5 And Aholah goes whoring under Me, and she lusts on her lovers, on the neighboring Assyrians, “Oholah played the whore while she was mine, and she lusted after her lovers the Assyrians, warriors “Oholah engaged in prostitution while she was still mine; and she lusted after her lovers, the Assyrians—warriors
6 Clothed with blue—governors and prefects, || All of them desirable young men, || Horsemen, riding on horses, clothed in purple, governors and commanders, all of them desirable young men, horsemen riding on horses. clothed in blue, governors and commanders, all of them handsome young men, and mounted horsemen.
7 And she gives her whoredoms on them, || The choice of the sons of Asshur, || All of them—even all on whom she lusted, || She has been defiled by all their idols. She bestowed her whoring upon them, the choicest men of Assyria all of them, and she defiled herself with all the idols of everyone after whom she lusted. She gave herself as a prostitute to all the elite of the Assyrians and defiled herself with all the idols of everyone she lusted after.
8 And she has not forsaken her whoredoms out of Egypt, || For with her they lay in her youth, || And they dealt with the loves of her virginity, || And they pour out their whoredoms on her. She did not give up her whoring that she had begun in Egypt; for in her youth men had lain with her and handled her virgin bosom and poured out their whoring lust upon her. She did not give up the prostitution she began in Egypt, when during her youth men slept with her, caressed her virgin bosom and poured out their lust on her.
9 Therefore I have given her into the hand of her lovers, || Into the hand of sons of Asshur on whom she lusted. Therefore I delivered her into the hands of her lovers, into the hands of the Assyrians, after whom she lusted. “Therefore I delivered her into the hands of her lovers, the Assyrians, for whom she lusted.
10 They have uncovered her nakedness, || They have taken her sons and her daughters, || And they have slain her by sword, || And she is a name for women, || And they have done judgments with her. These uncovered her nakedness; they seized her sons and her daughters; and as for her, they killed her with the sword; and she became a byword among women, when judgment had been executed on her. They stripped her naked, took away her sons and daughters and killed her with the sword. She became a byword among women, and punishment was inflicted on her.
11 And her sister Aholibah sees, || And she makes her unhealthy love more corrupt than she, || And her whoredoms than the whoredoms of her sister. “Her sister Oholibah saw this, and she became more corrupt than her sister in her lust and in her whoring, which was worse than that of her sister. “Her sister Oholibah saw this, yet in her lust and prostitution she was more depraved than her sister.
12 She has lusted on sons of Asshur, || Governors and prefects, || Neighboring ones—clothed in perfection, || Horsemen, riding on horses, || All of them desirable young men. She lusted after the Assyrians, governors and commanders, warriors clothed in full armor, horsemen riding on horses, all of them desirable young men. She too lusted after the Assyrians—governors and commanders, warriors in full dress, mounted horsemen, all handsome young men.
13 And I see that she has been defiled, || One way [is] to them both. And I saw that she was defiled; they both took the same way. I saw that she too defiled herself; both of them went the same way.
14 And she adds to her whoredoms, || And she sees men carved on the wall, || Pictures of Chaldeans, carved with vermillion, But she carried her whoring further. She saw men portrayed on the wall, the images of the Chaldeans portrayed in vermilion, “But she carried her prostitution still further. She saw men portrayed on a wall, figures of Chaldeans portrayed in red,
15 Girded with a girdle on their loins, || Dyed attire spread out on their heads, || The appearance of rulers—all of them, || The likeness of sons of Babylon, || Chaldea is the land of their birth. wearing belts on their waists, with flowing turbans on their heads, all of them having the appearance of officers, a likeness of Babylonians whose native land was Chaldea. with belts around their waists and flowing turbans on their heads; all of them looked like Babylonian chariot officers, natives of Chaldea.
16 And she lusts on them at the sight of her eyes, || And sends messengers to them, to Chaldea. When she saw them, she lusted after them and sent messengers to them in Chaldea. As soon as she saw them, she lusted after them and sent messengers to them in Chaldea.
17 And sons of Babylon come in to her, || To the bed of loves, || And they defile her with their whoredoms, || And she is defiled with them, || And her soul is alienated from them. And the Babylonians came to her into the bed of love, and they defiled her with their whoring lust. And after she was defiled by them, she turned from them in disgust. Then the Babylonians came to her, to the bed of love, and in their lust they defiled her. After she had been defiled by them, she turned away from them in disgust.
18 And she reveals her whoredoms, || And she reveals her nakedness, || And My soul is alienated from off her, || As My soul was alienated from off her sister. When she carried on her whoring so openly and flaunted her nakedness, I turned in disgust from her, as I had turned in disgust from her sister. When she carried on her prostitution openly and exposed her naked body, I turned away from her in disgust, just as I had turned away from her sister.
19 And she multiplies her whoredoms, || To remember the days of her youth, || When she went whoring in the land of Egypt. Yet she increased her whoring, remembering the days of her youth, when she played the whore in the land of Egypt Yet she became more and more promiscuous as she recalled the days of her youth, when she was a prostitute in Egypt.
20 And she lusts on their lovers, || Whose flesh [is] the flesh of donkeys, || And the emission of horses—their emission. and lusted after her lovers there, whose members were like those of donkeys, and whose issue was like that of horses. There she lusted after her lovers, whose genitals were like those of donkeys and whose emission was like that of horses.
21 You look after the wickedness of your youth, || In dealing out of Egypt your loves, || For the sake of the breasts of your youth. Thus you longed for the lewdness of your youth, when the Egyptians handled your bosom and pressed your young breasts.” So you longed for the lewdness of your youth, when in Egypt your bosom was caressed and your young breasts fondled.
22 Therefore, O Aholibah, thus said Lord YHWH: Behold, I am stirring up your lovers against you, || From whom your soul has been alienated, || And have brought them in against you from all around. Therefore, O Oholibah, thus says the Lord GOD: “Behold, I will stir up against you your lovers from whom you turned in disgust, and I will bring them against you from every side: “Therefore, Oholibah, this is what the Sovereign LORD says: I will stir up your lovers against you, those you turned away from in disgust, and I will bring them against you from every side—
23 Sons of Babylon, and of all Chaldea, Pekod, and Shoa, and Koa, || All the sons of Asshur with them, || Desirable young men, governors and prefects, || All of them—rulers and proclaimed ones, || All of them riding on horses. the Babylonians and all the Chaldeans, Pekod and Shoa and Koa, and all the Assyrians with them, desirable young men, governors and commanders all of them, officers and men of renown, all of them riding on horses. the Babylonians and all the Chaldeans, the men of Pekod and Shoa and Koa, and all the Assyrians with them, handsome young men, all of them governors and commanders, chariot officers and men of high rank, all mounted on horses.
24 And they have come in against you, || With arms, rider, and wheel, || And with an assembly of peoples; Buckler, and shield, and helmet, || They set against you all around, || And I have set judgment before them, || They have judged you in their judgments. And they shall come against you from the north with chariots and wagons and a host of peoples. They shall set themselves against you on every side with buckler, shield, and helmet; and I will commit the judgment to them, and they shall judge you according to their judgments. They will come against you with weapons, chariots and wagons and with a throng of people; they will take up positions against you on every side with large and small shields and with helmets. I will turn you over to them for punishment, and they will punish you according to their standards.
25 And I have set My jealousy against you, || And they have dealt with you in fury, || They turn aside your nose and your ears, || And your posterity falls by sword, || They take away your sons and your daughters, || And your posterity is devoured by fire. And I will direct my jealousy against you, that they may deal with you in fury. They shall cut off your nose and your ears, and your survivors shall fall by the sword. They shall seize your sons and your daughters, and your survivors shall be devoured by fire. I will direct my jealous anger against you, and they will deal with you in fury. They will cut off your noses and your ears, and those of you who are left will fall by the sword. They will take away your sons and daughters, and those of you who are left will be consumed by fire.
26 And they have stripped you of your garments, || And have taken your beautiful jewels. They shall also strip you of your clothes and take away your beautiful jewels. They will also strip you of your clothes and take your fine jewelry.
27 And I have caused your wickedness to cease from you, || And your whoredoms out of the land of Egypt, || And you do not lift up your eyes to them, || And you do not remember Egypt again. Thus I will put an end to your lewdness and your whoring begun in the land of Egypt, so that you shall not lift up your eyes to them or remember Egypt anymore. So I will put a stop to the lewdness and prostitution you began in Egypt. You will not look on these things with longing or remember Egypt anymore.
28 For thus said Lord YHWH: Behold, I am giving you into a hand that you have hated, || Into a hand from which you were alienated. “For thus says the Lord GOD: Behold, I will deliver you into the hands of those whom you hate, into the hands of those from whom you turned in disgust, “For this is what the Sovereign LORD says: I am about to deliver you into the hands of those you hate, to those you turned away from in disgust.
29 And they have dealt with you in hatred, || And they have taken all your labor, || And they have left you naked and bare, || And the nakedness of your whoredoms has been revealed, || And the wickedness of your whoredoms. and they shall deal with you in hatred and take away all the fruit of your labor and leave you naked and bare, and the nakedness of your whoring shall be uncovered. Your lewdness and your whoring They will deal with you in hatred and take away everything you have worked for. They will leave you stark naked, and the shame of your prostitution will be exposed. Your lewdness and promiscuity
30 To do these things to you, || In your going whoring after nations, || Because you have been defiled with their idols, have brought this upon you, because you played the whore with the nations and defiled yourself with their idols. have brought this on you, because you lusted after the nations and defiled yourself with their idols.
31 You have walked in the way of your sister, || And I have given her cup into your hand. You have gone the way of your sister; therefore I will give her cup into your hand. You have gone the way of your sister; so I will put her cup into your hand.
32 Thus said Lord YHWH: You drink the cup of your sister, || The deep and the wide one || (You are for laughter and for scorn), || Abundant to contain. Thus says the Lord GOD: “You shall drink your sister’s cup that is deep and large; you shall be laughed at and held in derision, for it contains much; “This is what the Sovereign LORD says: “You will drink your sister’s cup, a cup large and deep; it will bring scorn and derision, for it holds so much.
33 You are filled with drunkenness and sorrow, || A cup of astonishment and desolation, || The cup of your sister Samaria. you will be filled with drunkenness and sorrow. A cup of horror and desolation, the cup of your sister Samaria; You will be filled with drunkenness and sorrow, the cup of ruin and desolation, the cup of your sister Samaria.
34 And you have drunk it, and have drained [it], || And you gnaw its earthen ware, || And you pluck off your own breasts, || For I have spoken, || A declaration of Lord YHWH, you shall drink it and drain it out, and gnaw its shards, and tear your breasts; for I have spoken, declares the Lord GOD. You will drink it and drain it dry and chew on its pieces— and you will tear your breasts. I have spoken, declares the Sovereign LORD.
35 Therefore, thus said Lord YHWH: Because you have forgotten Me, || And you cast Me behind your back, || Even you also bear your wickedness and your whoredoms.” Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: Because you have forgotten me and cast me behind your back, you yourself must bear the consequences of your lewdness and whoring.” “Therefore this is what the Sovereign LORD says: Since you have forgotten me and turned your back on me, you must bear the consequences of your lewdness and prostitution.”
36 And YHWH says to me, “Son of man, || Do you judge Aholah and Aholibah? Then declare their abominations to them. The LORD said to me: “Son of man, will you judge Oholah and Oholibah? Declare to them their abominations. The LORD said to me: “Son of man, will you judge Oholah and Oholibah? Then confront them with their detestable practices,
37 For they have committed adultery, || And blood [is] in their hands, || They committed adultery with their idols, || And also their sons whom they bore to Me, || They caused to pass over to them for food. For they have committed adultery, and blood is on their hands. With their idols they have committed adultery, and they have even offered up to them for food the children whom they had borne to me. for they have committed adultery and blood is on their hands. They committed adultery with their idols; they even sacrificed their children, whom they bore to me, as food for them.
38 Again, they have done this to Me, || They defiled My sanctuary in that day, || And they have defiled My Sabbaths. Moreover, this they have done to me: they have defiled my sanctuary on the same day and profaned my Sabbaths. They have also done this to me: At that same time they defiled my sanctuary and desecrated my Sabbaths.
39 And in their slaughtering their sons to their idols || They also come into My sanctuary in that day to defile it, || And behold, thus they have done in the midst of My house, For when they had slaughtered their children in sacrifice to their idols, on the same day they came into my sanctuary to profane it. And behold, this is what they did in my house. On the very day they sacrificed their children to their idols, they entered my sanctuary and desecrated it. That is what they did in my house.
40 And also that they send to men coming from afar, || To whom a messenger is sent, || And behold, they have come in for whom you have washed, || Painted your eyes, and put on adornment. They even sent for men to come from afar, to whom a messenger was sent; and behold, they came. For them you bathed yourself, painted your eyes, and adorned yourself with ornaments. “They even sent messengers for men who came from far away, and when they arrived you bathed yourself for them, applied eye makeup and put on your jewelry.
41 And you have sat on a couch of honor, || And a table arrayed before it, || And placed My incense and My oil on it. You sat on a stately couch, with a table spread before it on which you had placed my incense and my oil. You sat on an elegant couch, with a table spread before it on which you had placed the incense and olive oil that belonged to me.
42 And the voice of a multitude at ease [is] with her, || And Sabeans from the wilderness are brought in to men of the common people, || And they put bracelets on their hands, || And a beautiful crown on their heads. The sound of a carefree multitude was with her; and with men of the common sort, drunkards were brought from the wilderness; and they put bracelets on the hands of the women, and beautiful crowns on their heads. “The noise of a carefree crowd was around her; drunkards were brought from the desert along with men from the rabble, and they put bracelets on the wrists of the woman and her sister and beautiful crowns on their heads.
43 And I say of the worn-out one in adulteries, || Now they commit her whoredoms—she also! “Then I said of her who was worn out by adultery, ‘Now they will continue to use her for a whore, even her!’ Then I said about the one worn out by adultery, ‘Now let them use her as a prostitute, for that is all she is.’
44 And they come in to her, || As the coming in to a whorish woman, || So they have come in to Aholah, || And to Aholibah—the wicked women. For they have gone in to her, as men go in to a prostitute. Thus they went in to Oholah and to Oholibah, lewd women! And they slept with her. As men sleep with a prostitute, so they slept with those lewd women, Oholah and Oholibah.
45 As for righteous men, they judge them with the judgment of adulteresses, || And the judgment of women shedding blood, || For they [are] adulteresses, || And blood [is] in their hands. But righteous men shall pass judgment on them with the sentence of adulteresses, and with the sentence of women who shed blood, because they are adulteresses, and blood is on their hands.” But righteous judges will sentence them to the punishment of women who commit adultery and shed blood, because they are adulterous and blood is on their hands.
46 For thus said Lord YHWH: Bring up an assembly against them, || And give them to trembling and to spoiling. For thus says the Lord GOD: “Bring up a vast host against them, and make them an object of terror and a plunder. “This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Bring a mob against them and give them over to terror and plunder.
47 And they have cast the stone of the assembly at them, || And cut them with their swords, || They slay their sons and their daughters, || And they burn their houses with fire. And the host shall stone them and cut them down with their swords. They shall kill their sons and their daughters, and burn up their houses. The mob will stone them and cut them down with their swords; they will kill their sons and daughters and burn down their houses.
48 And I have caused wickedness to cease from the land, || And all the women have been instructed, || And they do not do according to your wickedness. Thus will I put an end to lewdness in the land, that all women may take warning and not commit lewdness as you have done. “So I will put an end to lewdness in the land, that all women may take warning and not imitate you.
49 And they have put your wickedness on you, || And you bear the sins of your idols, || And you have known that I [am] Lord YHWH!” And they shall return your lewdness upon you, and you shall bear the penalty for your sinful idolatry, and you shall know that I am the Lord GOD.” You will suffer the penalty for your lewdness and bear the consequences of your sins of idolatry. Then you will know that I am the Sovereign LORD.”
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