Ezekiel 23:11-35

11“Even though her younger sister Oholibah saw this, Oholibah lusted after men more than her sister did. Oholibah’s prostitution became worse than her sister’s prostitution.

12She lusted after the Assyrians who were nearby. They were governors and commanders in full dress. They were mounted horsemen, all of them desirable young men.

13I saw that she was dishonoring herself. Both sisters acted the same way.

14Yet, she carried her prostitution even further. She saw pictures of men carved on walls. They were figures of Babylonian men, painted in bright red.

15The men had belts around their waists and flowing turbans on their heads. All of them looked like Babylonian officers who were born in Babylon.

16She fell in love with them at first sight and sent messengers to them in Babylonia.

17So these men came from Babylon, went to bed with her, and dishonored her with their lust. After they had dishonored her, she turned away from them in disgust.

18“She carried out her prostitution openly, and she lay around naked. I turned away from her in disgust as I had turned away from her sister.

19She remembered how she had been a prostitute in Egypt when she was young. So she took part in even more prostitution.

20She lusted after her lovers, whose genitals were like those of donkeys and whose semen was like that of horses.

21So she longed to do the sinful things she did when she was young in Egypt, when young men caressed and fondled her breasts.

22“Oholibah, this is what the Almighty Lord says: I’m going to stir up your lovers against you. They are the lovers you turned away from in disgust. I will bring them against you from every side.

23I will bring men from Babylon and from all Babylonia, men from Pekod, Shoa, and Koa, as well as all the Assyrians. They are desirable young men, governors and commanders, military officers and important men. All of them ride on horses.

24They will attack you from the north, with chariots and wagons and with a large number of troops. They will attack you from all around with small and large shields and with helmets. I have handed you over to them for punishment. They will punish you with their own kind of punishment.

25I will direct my burning anger against you so that they will deal with you in anger. They will cut off your nose and ears and kill everyone who remains. They will take your sons and your daughters and burn down whatever is left.

26They will rip off your clothes and take away your beautiful jewels.

27I will put a stop to your sinning and to your prostitution, which you began in Egypt. You won’t desire these things anymore or remember Egypt anymore.

28“This is what the Almighty Lord says: I’m going to hand you over to those you hate and to those you turned away from in disgust.

29They will treat you hatefully and take away everything that you have worked for. They will leave you naked and bare. The shame of your prostitution will be revealed.

30Your sinning and your prostitution have done this to you, because you lusted after the nations and dishonored yourself with their idols.

31You’ve acted the same way as your sister. That is why I will put her cup in your hand.

32This is what the Almighty Lord says: You will drink from your sister’s cup, a cup that is deep and wide. You will be scorned and mocked, because this cup holds so much.

33The cup of your sister Samaria will be filled with drunkenness and sorrow.

34You will drink from it and drain it. You will break it into pieces and tear your breasts off your body. I have spoken, declares the Almighty Lord.

35“This is what the Almighty Lord says: You have forgotten me and turned your back on me. So you will be punished for your sinning and prostitution.”