Berean Standard Bible

Ezekiel 23:3-8

3and they playedH2181 in EgyptH4714, prostituting themselvesH2181 from their youthH5271. Their breastsH7699 H8033 were fondledH4600 thereH8033, and their virginH1331 bosomsH1717 caressedH6213. 4The olderH1419 was namedH8034 OholahH170,1 and her sisterH269 was named OholibahH172.2 They becameH1961 Mine and gave birth toH3205 sonsH1121 and daughtersH1323. As for their identitiesH8034, OholahH170 is SamariaH8111, and OholibahH172 is JerusalemH3389.

5OholahH170 prostituted herselfH2181 while she was still MineH8478. She lustedH5689 afterH5921 her loversH157 H413, the AssyriansH804—warriorsH7138 6clothedH3847 in blueH8504, governorsH6346 and commandersH5461, allH3605 desirableH2531 young menH970, horsemenH6571 mounted onH7392 steedsH5483. 7She offeredH5414 sexual favorsH8457 to allH5921 H3605 the eliteH4005 H1121 of AssyriaH804. She defiled herselfH2930 with allH3605 the idolsH1544 of those for whomH834 she lustedH5689.

She did notH3808 give upH5800 the prostitutionH8457 she began in EgyptH4714, whenH3588 men sleptH7901 with herH853 in her youthH5271 H1992, caressedH6213 her virginH1331 bosomH1717, and poured outH8210 their lustH8457 upon herH5921.

Notes

1. Ezekiel 23:4 Oholah means her own tent or she worships at a tent shrine, a metaphor for Samaria as an adulteress with Assyria. ↩
2. Ezekiel 23:4 Oholibah means the tent is in her or she is a tent shrine, a metaphor for Jerusalem as an adulterous wife. ↩