Ezekiel 23:1-13 ▼

1 The word of the LORD came to me again, saying,

2 “Son of man, there were two women, the daughters of one mother;

3 and they prostituted themselves in Egypt. They prostituted themselves in their youth; there their breasts were squeezed and there their virgin breasts were handled.

4 Their names were Oholah the elder and Oholibah her sister. And they became Mine, and they gave birth to sons and daughters. And as for their names, Samaria is Oholah and Jerusalem is Oholibah.

5 “Oholah prostituted herself while she was Mine; and she lusted after her lovers, after the Assyrians, her neighbors,

6 who were clothed in purple, governors and officials, all of them handsome young men, horsemen riding on horses.

7 She bestowed her obscene practices on them, all of whom were the choicest men of Assyria; and with all whom she lusted after, with all their idols she defiled herself.

8 She did not abandon her obscene practices from the time in Egypt; for in her youth men had slept with her, and they handled her virgin breasts and poured out their obscene practice on her.

9 Therefore, I handed her over to her lovers, to the Assyrians, after whom she lusted.

10 They uncovered her nakedness; they took her sons and her daughters, but they killed her with the sword. So she became a subject of gossip among women, and they executed judgments on her.

11 “Now her sister Oholibah saw this, yet she was more corrupt in her lust than she, and her obscene practices were more than the prostitution of her sister.

12 She lusted after the Assyrians, governors and officials, the ones near, opulently dressed, horsemen riding on horses, all of them handsome young men.

13 And I saw that she had defiled herself; they both took the same way.