Ezekiel 23 Parallel Bible

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	SLT Smith's Literal Translation	ESV English Standard Version	NIV New International Version
1	The word of Jehovah will come to me, saying,	The word of the LORD came to me:	The word of the LORD came to me:
2	Son of man, there were two women, 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 will commit fornication in Egypt; in their youth they committal fornication: there were their breasts pressed, and the breasts of their virginity fell away.	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 Aholah the elder, and Aholibah her sister; and they will be to me, and they will bring forth sons and daughters, and their names Shomeron-Aholah and Jerusalem 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 will commit fornication under me; and she will desire after those loving her, after Assur, they being near.	“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	Putting on cerulean purple, prefects and governors, young men of desire all of them, horsemen riding 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 will give her whoredoms upon them from the choice of the sons of Assur all of them, and with all whom she desired; being defiled with all their blocks.	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 her fornications from Egypt she forsook not: for they lay with her in her youth, and they handled the breasts of her virginity, and they will pour forth her fornications upon 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	For this I delivered her into the hand of those loving her, into the hand of the sons of Assur whom she desired after them.	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 uncovered her nakedness: they took her sons and her daughters and slew them with the sword: and she will be a name to women, and they did judgments upon 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 will see, and she will corrupt her love more than they, and her fornications more than the fornication 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 desired after the sons of Assur, prefects and governors, being near, putting on splendor, horsemen riding horses, young men of desire, all of them.	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 shall see that one way was defiled to both of them.	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 will add to her fornications: and she will see men delineated upon the wall, the images of the Chaldeans being delineated with red color.	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	Girding girdles upon their loins, a superfluity of dippings upon their heads, the appearance of third men all of them, the likeness of the sons of Babel of Chaldea, 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 will desire after them at the sight of her eyes, and she will send 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 the sons of Babel will come to her to the bed of loves, and defile her with their fornications, and she will be defiled with them, and her soul will be rent away 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 will uncover her fornications, and she will uncover her nakedness: and my soul will be rent away from her, as my soul was rent away from 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 will multiply her fornications, to remember the days of her youth when she committed fornication 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 will desire after their paramours, whom the flesh of asses their flesh, and the flowing of horses their flowing.	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	And thou wilt review the wickedness of thy youth in the doing of Egypt thy breasts for the breasts of thy 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	For this, O Aholibah, thus said the Lord Jehovah: Behold me raising up those loving thee, against thee, whom thy soul was rent away from them, and I brought them against thee from round about.	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	The sons of Babel and all the Chaldeans, Pekod and Shoa and Koa, all the sons of Amur with them: young men of desire, prefects and governors, all of them third men, and celebrated, riding horses all of them.	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 came against thee firm with chariot and wheel, and with a convocation of peoples, shield and buckler and helmet, they will set against thee round about: and I gave judgment before them, and they judged thee with 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 gave my jealousy against thee, and they did with thee in wrath: thy nose and thine ears they shall take away; and thy posterity shall fall by the sword: they shall take thy sons and thy daughters, and thy posterity shall be consumed in 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 stripped thee of thy garments, and they took the instrument of thy glory.	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 caused thy wickedness to cease from thee, and thy fornication from the land of Egypt: and thou shalt not lift up thine eyes to them, and thou shalt remember Egypt no more.	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 the Lord Jehovah: Behold me giving thee into the hand of whom thou didst hate, into the hand of whom thy soul was rent away from them.	“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 did with thee in hatred, and they took all thy labor, and they left thee naked and nakedness: and the nakedness of thy fornication was uncovered, and thy wickedness and thy fornications.	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	Doing these to thee for thy fornications after the nations, because thou wert defiled with their blocks.	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	Thou wentest in the way of thy sister, and I gave her cup into thine 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 the Lord Jehovah: thou shalt drink thy sister's cup deep and much: thou shalt be for laughter and for derision; containing much.	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	Thou shalt be filled with drunkenness and with sorrow, the cup of astonishment and desolation, the cup of thy sister Shomeron.	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	Thou didst drink it and suck out, and thou shalt crush its sherds, and pluck up thy breasts: for I spake, says the Lord Jehovah.	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	For this, thus says the Lord Jehovah: Because thou didst forget me, and thou wilt cast me behind thy back, and also bear thou thy wickedness and thy fornications.	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 Jehovah will say to me, Son of man, wilt thou judge Aholah and Aholibah, and announce to them their abominations?	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 committed adultery, and blood is in their hands; and with their blocks they committed adultery, and also their sons whom they brought forth to me they caused to pass through for them for consuming.	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	Yet this they did to me: they defiled my holy place in that day, and my Sabbaths they profaned.	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 blocks, and they will come to my holy place in that day to profane it; and behold, thus they did 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 ye will send to men coming from far off, whom a messenger was sent to them, and behold, they came: for whom thou didst wash, thou paintedst thine eyes, and thou didst deck with ornaments.	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 thou wilt sit upon a splendid bed, and a table set in order before his face, and thou didst bring up there mine incense and mine oil.	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 rest with her: and to the men of multitude of man bringing Sabeans from the desert, and they will give bracelets upon their hands, and crowns of glory upon 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 saying to her worn out with adulteries, Will she now commit her fornications, 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 will go in to her as going in to a woman an harlot; thus they went in to Aholah and to Aholibah, the women of wickedness.	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	And just men they shall judge them with the judgment of adultresses, and with the judgment of those pouring out blood; for they are adultresses, and blood 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 the Lord Jehovah: Bring up upon them a convocation and give them for a shaking and for a spoil.	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 the convocation stoned upon them with stone, and cut them down with: their swords; they will slay their sons and their daughters, and their houses they will burn in 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 caused wickedness to cease from the land, and all the women were instructed, and they shall 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 gave your wickedness upon you, and ye shall bear the sins of your blocks: and ye knew that I am the Lord Jehovah.	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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