Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

“Oholah played the harlot while she was Mine; and she lusted after her lovers, after the Assyrians, her neighbors,

King James Version

And Aholah played the harlot when she was mine; and she doted on her lovers, on the Assyrians her neighbours,

Holman Bible

“Oholah acted like a prostitute even though she was Mine. She lusted after her lovers, the Assyrians: warriors

International Standard Version

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

A Conservative Version

And Oholah played the harlot when she was mine, and she doted on her lovers, on the Assyrians [her] neighbors,

American Standard Version

And Oholah played the harlot when she was mine; and she doted on her lovers, on the Assyrians her neighbors,

Amplified

“Oholah played the prostitute while she was Mine; and she adored and lusted after her lovers (allies), the Assyrians, her neighbors,

Bible in Basic English

And Oholah was untrue to me when she was mine; she was full of desire for her lovers, even for the Assyrians, her neighbours,

Darby Translation

And Oholah played the harlot when she was mine; and she lusted after her lovers, after the Assyrians her neighbours,

Julia Smith Translation

And Aholah will commit fornication under me; and she will desire after those loving her, after Assur, they being near.

King James 2000

And Oholah played the harlot when she was mine; and she doted on her lovers, on the Assyrians her neighbors,

Lexham Expanded Bible

And Oholah prostituted [herself] {while she was still mine}, and she lusted for her lovers, for Assyria [who was] nearby,

Modern King James verseion

And Oholah whored under Me. And she lusted after her lovers, to her Assyrian neighbors,

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

As for Oholah, she began to go a whoring, when I had taken her to me. She was set on fire upon her lovers the Assyrians,

NET Bible

"Oholah engaged in prostitution while she was mine. She lusted after her lovers, the Assyrians -- warriors

New Heart English Bible

"Oholah played the prostitute when she was mine; and she doted on her lovers, on the Assyrians her neighbors,

The Emphasized Bible

Then became Oholah unchaste after she had become mine- And lusted after her lovers, For Assyrians, so warlike,

Webster

And Aholah played the harlot when she was mine; and she doted on her lovers, on the Assyrians her neighbors.

World English Bible

Oholah played the prostitute when she was mine; and she doted on her lovers, on the Assyrians [her] neighbors,

Youngs Literal Translation

And go a-whoring doth Aholah under Me, And she doteth on her lovers, On the neighbouring Assyrians,

Topics

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And Aholah
אהלהּ אהלה 
'Oholah 
Usage: 5

זנה 
Zanah 
Usage: 93

תּחת 
Tachath 
instead, under, for, as, with, from, flat, in the same place
Usage: 505

and she doted
עגב 
`agab 
Usage: 7

on her lovers
אהב אהב 
'ahab 
Usage: 212

on the Assyrians
אשּׁר אשּׁוּר 
'Ashshuwr 
Usage: 152

References

Context Readings

Oholah And Oholibah As Symbols Of God's Corrupt People

4 Their names were Oholah the elder and Oholibah her sister. And they became Mine, and they bore sons and daughters. And as for their names, Samaria is Oholah and Jerusalem is Oholibah. 5 “Oholah played the harlot 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 desirable young men, horsemen riding on horses.


Cross References

2 Kings 15:19

Pul, king of Assyria, came against the land, and Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver so that his hand might be with him to strengthen the kingdom under his rule.

2 Kings 16:7

So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, saying, “I am your servant and your son; come up and deliver me from the hand of the king of Aram and from the hand of the king of Israel, who are rising up against me.”

2 Kings 17:3

Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against him, and Hoshea became his servant and paid him tribute.

Hosea 5:13

When Ephraim saw his sickness,
And Judah his wound,
Then Ephraim went to Assyria
And sent to King Jareb.
But he is unable to heal you,
Or to cure you of your wound.

Ezekiel 16:28

Moreover, you played the harlot with the Assyrians because you were not satisfied; you played the harlot with them and still were not satisfied.

Hosea 8:9-10

For they have gone up to Assyria,
Like a wild donkey all alone;
Ephraim has hired lovers.

1 Kings 14:9

you also have done more evil than all who were before you, and have gone and made for yourself other gods and molten images to provoke Me to anger, and have cast Me behind your back—

1 Kings 14:16

He will give up Israel on account of the sins of Jeroboam, which he committed and with which he made Israel to sin.”

1 Kings 15:26

He did evil in the sight of the Lord, and walked in the way of his father and in his sin which he made Israel sin.

1 Kings 15:30

and because of the sins of Jeroboam which he sinned, and which he made Israel sin, because of his provocation with which he provoked the Lord God of Israel to anger.

1 Kings 16:31-32

It came about, as though it had been a trivial thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he married Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and went to serve Baal and worshiped him.

1 Kings 21:26

He acted very abominably in following idols, according to all that the Amorites had done, whom the Lord cast out before the sons of Israel.

2 Kings 17:7-18

Now this came about because the sons of Israel had sinned against the Lord their God, who had brought them up from the land of Egypt from under the hand of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and they had feared other gods

Jeremiah 50:38

“A drought on her waters, and they will be dried up!
For it is a land of idols,
And they are mad over fearsome idols.

Ezekiel 16:37

therefore, behold, I will gather all your lovers with whom you took pleasure, even all those whom you loved and all those whom you hated. So I will gather them against you from every direction and expose your nakedness to them that they may see all your nakedness.

Ezekiel 23:7

She bestowed her harlotries 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.

Ezekiel 23:9

Therefore, I gave her into the hand of her lovers, into the hand of the Assyrians, after whom she lusted.

Ezekiel 23:12

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

Ezekiel 23:16

When she saw them she lusted after them and sent messengers to them in Chaldea.

Ezekiel 23:20

She lusted after their paramours, whose flesh is like the flesh of donkeys and whose issue is like the issue of horses.

Hosea 10:6

The thing itself will be carried to Assyria
As tribute to King Jareb;
Ephraim will be seized with shame
And Israel will be ashamed of its own counsel.

Hosea 12:1

Ephraim feeds on wind,
And pursues the east wind continually;
He multiplies lies and violence.
Moreover, he makes a covenant with Assyria,
And oil is carried to Egypt.

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