Ezekiel 23:36-49

36Then the Lord said to me, “Son of man, will you pass judgment against Oholah and Oholibah? Then declare their detestable practices to them.

37For they have committed adultery, and blood is on their hands; they have committed adultery with their idols. And the children they bore to me they have sacrificed in the fire as food for the idols.

38They also did this to me: they defiled my sanctuary on that same day and profaned my Sabbaths.

39On the same day they slaughtered their children for their idols, they entered my sanctuary to profane it. Yes, that is what they did inside my house.

40“In addition, they sent for men who came from far away when a messenger was dispatched to them. And look how they came! You bathed, painted your eyes, and adorned yourself with jewelry for them.

41You sat on a luxurious couch with a table spread before it, on which you had set my incense and oil.

42The sound of a carefree crowd was there. Drunkards from the desert were brought in, along with common men. They put bracelets on the women’s hands and beautiful tiaras on their heads.

43Then I said concerning this woman worn out by adultery: Will they now have illicit sex with her, even her?

44Yet they had sex with her as one does with a prostitute. This is how they had sex with Oholah and Oholibah, those depraved women.

45But righteous men will judge them the way adulteresses and those who shed blood are judged, for they are adulteresses and blood is on their hands.

46“This is what the Lord God says: Summon an assembly against them and consign them to terror and plunder.

47The assembly will stone them and cut them down with their swords. They will kill their sons and daughters and burn their houses.

48So I will put an end to depravity in the land, and all the women will be admonished not to imitate your depraved behavior.

49They will punish you for your depravity, and you will bear the consequences for your sins of idolatry. Then you will know that I am the Lord God.”