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Ezekiel 23:1 (show verse)
And the word of Yahweh {came} to me, {saying},
No Themes for this verse.
Ezekiel 23:2 (show verse)
"Son of man, there were two women, [the] daughters of one mother,
Ezekiel 23:3 (show verse)
and they prostituted [themselves] in Egypt in their childhood; they were prostituting [themselves] there, [and] their breasts were fondled, and there they caressed the bosoms of their virginity.
Ezekiel 23:4 (show verse)
Now [as for] their names, the older [was] Oholah, and Oholibah [was] her sister. And {they became mine}, and they bore sons and daughters, and their names [are] Samaria [for] Oholah, and Jerusalem [for] Oholibah
Ezekiel 23:5 (show verse)
And Oholah prostituted [herself] {while she was still mine}, and she lusted for her lovers, for Assyria [who was] nearby,
Ezekiel 23:6 (show verse)
clothed in blue cloth, governors and prefects, {handsome young men} [and] all of them horsemen, {experts on horseback}.
Ezekiel 23:7 (show verse)
And she bestowed her fornication on them, [on] the choice [ones] of the {Assyrians}, all of them, and with every one [after] which she lusted; with all of their idols she defiled herself.
Ezekiel 23:8 (show verse)
And her whorings from [the time of] Egypt she [did] not abandon, for they slept with her in her childhood, and they caressed the bosoms of her virginity, and they poured out their fornication on her.
Ezekiel 23:9 (show verse)
Therefore I gave her into the hand of her lovers, into the hand of the {Assyrians} {after whom she lusted}.
Ezekiel 23:10 (show verse)
They uncovered her nakedness; they took her sons and her daughters, and they killed her with the sword. And she became a name for the women, and they executed judgments against her.
Ezekiel 23:11 (show verse)
"And though Oholibah her sister saw, yet in her lust {she behaved more corruptly than her}, and her whoring [was] more than the prostitution of her sister.
Ezekiel 23:12 (show verse)
She lusted after the {Assyrians}, governors and prefects, warriors clothed in perfection, {expert horsemen}, all of them {handsome young men}.
Ezekiel 23:13 (show verse)
And I saw that she was defiled; {they had both taken the same path}!
Ezekiel 23:14 (show verse)
And she increased her whorings, and she saw men carved on the wall, images of Chaldeans carved in red
Ezekiel 23:15 (show verse)
belted with a belt at their waist with turbans on their heads, all of them [giving] [the] appearance of adjutants, the image of the {Babylonians}; Chaldea [was] the land of their birth.
Ezekiel 23:16 (show verse)
And she lusted for them {when her eyes saw them}, and she sent messengers to them [at] Chaldea.
Ezekiel 23:17 (show verse)
And so the {Babylonians} came to her [for the] bed of lovemaking; and they defiled her with their fornication, and she was defiled by them, and she turned from them.
Ezekiel 23:18 (show verse)
And she revealed her whorings, and she revealed her nakedness, and so I turned from her {just as} I turned from her sister.
Ezekiel 23:19 (show verse)
Yet she increased her whorings, {recalling} the days of her childhood when she was prostituted in the land of Egypt
Ezekiel 23:20 (show verse)
And she lusted after her male lovers whose genitalia [were the] genitalia of male donkeys and [their] seminal emission [was the] seminal emission of horses.
Ezekiel 23:21 (show verse)
And you longed [after] the obscene conduct of your youth when your bosom was caressed by Egypt, fondling your young breasts.
Ezekiel 23:22 (show verse)
"Therefore, Oholibah, thus says the Lord Yahweh: 'Look! I [am] stirring up your lovers against you [concerning] whom you turned away, and I will bring them against you from all around:
Ezekiel 23:23 (show verse)
the {Babylonians} and all of the Chaldeans, Pekod and Shoa and Koa, all of the {Assyrians} [along] with them, {handsome young men}, governors and prefects, all of them adjutants {and excellent horsemen}.
Assyria » The jews condemned for following the idolatries of
Chariots » Used in war by the » Babylonians
Horses » Kings and princes rode on
Israel » Captivity of » Great wickedness is the cause of their adversity
Koa » A symbolical term in
Pekod » A name for chaldea
Shoa » An unknown country or city, or a symbolical term
Chariots » Used in war by the » Babylonians
Horses » Kings and princes rode on
Israel » Captivity of » Great wickedness is the cause of their adversity
Koa » A symbolical term in
Pekod » A name for chaldea
Shoa » An unknown country or city, or a symbolical term
Ezekiel 23:24 (show verse)
And they will come against you [with] an army chariot and wagon and with a crowd of peoples; they will set [themselves] against you [from] all around [with] large shield and small shield and helmet. And I will give {before them} judgment, and they will judge you with their judgments.
Ezekiel 23:25 (show verse)
And I will direct my zeal against you, and they will deal with you in anger; your nose and your ears they will remove, and {those who are left}, they will fall by the sword, and they will take your sons and your daughters, and {your remnant} will be consumed by fire.
Assyria » The jews condemned for following the idolatries of
Body » Mutilation of
Captive » Cruelty to » Robbed
Fire » Torture by
Israel » Captivity of » Great wickedness is the cause of their adversity
Mutilation » Of the body, general references to
Nose » Mutilated
Punishment » Death penalty » Modes of execution » Burning
Punishments » Secondary kinds of » Cutting off nose and ears
Body » Mutilation of
Captive » Cruelty to » Robbed
Fire » Torture by
Israel » Captivity of » Great wickedness is the cause of their adversity
Mutilation » Of the body, general references to
Nose » Mutilated
Punishment » Death penalty » Modes of execution » Burning
Punishments » Secondary kinds of » Cutting off nose and ears
Ezekiel 23:26 (show verse)
And they will strip you [of] your clothes, and they will take {your splendid jewelry}.
Ezekiel 23:27 (show verse)
And I will put an end to your obscene conduct [coming] from you and your fornication from the land of Egypt, and you will not lift your eyes to them; and you will not remember Egypt again.'
Ezekiel 23:28 (show verse)
For thus says the Lord Yahweh: 'Look! I [am] giving you into the hand of those you hated, into the hand of those from whom you turned away.
Ezekiel 23:29 (show verse)
And they will deal with you in hatred, and they will take all of your acquisitions, and they will leave you naked and [in] bareness; and the nakedness of your fornication and your obscene conduct and your whorings will be exposed.
Ezekiel 23:30 (show verse)
These [things] [are] accomplished against you since you prostituted yourself after the nations, [and] on account of that, you defiled yourself by their idols.
Ezekiel 23:31 (show verse)
You went in the [same] way of your sister, and I will give her cup into your hand." '
Ezekiel 23:32 (show verse)
Thus says the Lord Yahweh: "You will drink the deep and wide cup of your sister; you will be as laughter and as scorn; {the cup holds so much}!
Ezekiel 23:33 (show verse)
You will be filled with drunkenness and sorrow, for a cup of horror and desolation [is] the cup of your sister, Samaria.
Ezekiel 23:34 (show verse)
And you will drink it, and you will drain [it], and its potsherds you will gnaw, and you will tear out your breasts, for {I myself} spoke," {declares} the Lord Yahweh.
Ezekiel 23:35 (show verse)
Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: "Because you have forgotten me, and you threw me behind your back, now in turn you bear your obscene conduct and your whorings."
Adultery » A type of the apostate church when disobedient » Characterized as an adulteress
Assyria » The jews condemned for following the idolatries of
Forgetting God » Punishment of
Israel » A type of the apostate church when disobedient » Characterized as an adulteress
Israel » A type of the apostate church when disobedient » Adultery of
Israel » Captivity of » Great wickedness is the cause of their adversity
Sins » National » The jews, characterized as an adulteress
Spiritual » Adoption » Adultery
Assyria » The jews condemned for following the idolatries of
Forgetting God » Punishment of
Israel » A type of the apostate church when disobedient » Characterized as an adulteress
Israel » A type of the apostate church when disobedient » Adultery of
Israel » Captivity of » Great wickedness is the cause of their adversity
Sins » National » The jews, characterized as an adulteress
Spiritual » Adoption » Adultery
Ezekiel 23:36 (show verse)
And Yahweh said to me, "Son of man, will you judge Oholah and Oholibah and declare their abominable deeds to them
Ezekiel 23:37 (show verse)
For they committed adultery, and blood [is] on their hands, and they committed adultery with their idols, and even their children that they had borne for me--they sacrificed them as food!
Ezekiel 23:38 (show verse)
Also they did this to me: they defiled my sanctuary on that day, and they profaned my Sabbaths
Ezekiel 23:39 (show verse)
and when they slaughtered their children for their idols, they came to my sanctuary on that day to profane it. And look, {this is what they did in my house}!
Ezekiel 23:40 (show verse)
{What is worse}, they sent for men {who come} from a distant place, [to] whom a messenger [was] sent to them, and look! They came! [Men] for whom you bathed and painted your eyes, and you adorned yourself [with] an ornament.
Adorning » Rich apparel » Ornaments, wearing of
Assyria » The jews condemned for following the idolatries of
Eyes » The jewish women often painted
Eyelids » Painted
Israel » Captivity of » Great wickedness is the cause of their adversity
Ornaments » Rich apparel » Ornaments, wearing of
Painting » Around the eyes to enlarge their appearance
Assyria » The jews condemned for following the idolatries of
Eyes » The jewish women often painted
Eyelids » Painted
Israel » Captivity of » Great wickedness is the cause of their adversity
Ornaments » Rich apparel » Ornaments, wearing of
Painting » Around the eyes to enlarge their appearance
Ezekiel 23:41 (show verse)
And you sat on a magnificent couch and a table prepared {before her}, and my incense and my olive oil you put on her.
sacred Anointing » Oil or ointment for » Jews condemned for imitating
Assyria » The jews condemned for following the idolatries of
Beds » Often perfumed
Idolatry » Other customs of » Incense burned on altars
Israel » Captivity of » Great wickedness is the cause of their adversity
Oil » Used for idols
Assyria » The jews condemned for following the idolatries of
Beds » Often perfumed
Idolatry » Other customs of » Incense burned on altars
Israel » Captivity of » Great wickedness is the cause of their adversity
Oil » Used for idols
Ezekiel 23:42 (show verse)
And a sound of a carefree crowd [was] with it, and in addition to [these] men, {a crowd of drunken men was brought in} from [the] desert, and they put bracelets on their arms and a crown of splendor on their heads.
Ezekiel 23:43 (show verse)
And I said to the one worn out [with] adulteries, 'Now they will prostitute [her] [concerning] her fornication, even her.'
Ezekiel 23:44 (show verse)
And [so] they went to her like going to a female prostitute; and thus they went to Oholah and to Oholibah, the women of obscene conduct.
Ezekiel 23:45 (show verse)
But righteous men, they will judge them [with] [the] judgment of committing adultery, and [with] [the] judgment of shedding blood; for they were committing adultery, and blood [was] on their hands."
Ezekiel 23:46 (show verse)
For thus says the Lord Yahweh: "Bring up against them an assembly, and make them as a thing of horror and as plunder.
Ezekiel 23:47 (show verse)
And an assembly must stone them [with] stones, and they must cut them down. With their swords they shall kill their sons and their daughters, and with fire they shall burn their houses.
Ezekiel 23:48 (show verse)
And {I will cause obscene conduct to cease from the land}, and all of the women will be warned, and they will not do according to your wickedness.
Ezekiel 23:49 (show verse)
And they will repay your obscene conduct upon you, and the guilt of your idols you will bear, and you will know that I [am] the Lord Yahweh.