Ezekiel 23:1-13 ▼

1 This message came to me from the LORD:

2 |Son of Man, here are two sisters who are daughters from the same mother.

3 They committed sexual immorality in Egypt. They did this in their youth. There, their breasts were caressed. Their virgin breasts were fondled.

4 The older one was named Oholah and her sister was named Oholibah. They belonged to me and gave birth to sons and daughters. Now as to their real identities, Oholah refers to Samaria and Oholibah to Jerusalem.|

5 |Oholah committed sexual immorality while she belonged to me. She lusted for Assyria's warriors,

6 who were clothed in blue—including governors and commanders. All of them were desirable young men—horsemen mounted on horses.

7 She bestowed her sexual favors on them—all of them, the best of the Assyrians—and with whomever she lusted for. |She defiled herself with all their idols.

8 She never abandoned the immorality that she practiced in Egypt during her youth, where they laid down with her and fondled her virgin breasts, lavishing her with all kinds of favors.

9 Therefore, I turned her over to the control of her lovers, that is, into the control of the Assyrians for whom she lusted.

10 They stripped her naked, took away her sons and daughters, and executed her with a sword. She became an object of ridicule among other nations when they punished her.|

11 |Her sister Oholibah saw this, but she was more corrupt in her lust and sexual immorality than her sister had been in her own sexual immorality.

12 She lusted after the Assyrians—governors, commanders, warriors clothed in gorgeous attire, cavalry mounted on their horses—all of them desirable young men.

13 I saw that she was defiled, because the two of them both were on the same path.