Ezekiel 23
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Ezekiel 23:3-8

3and they prostituted themselves in Egypt. They 1prostituted themselves in their youth; there their breasts were squeezed and there their virgin breasts were handled. 4Their names were Oholah the elder and Oholibah her sister. And they became Mine, and they gave birth to sons and daughters. And as for their names, Samaria is Oholah and Jerusalem is Oholibah.

5“Oholah prostituted herself 2while she was Mine; and she lusted after her lovers, after the 3Assyrians, her neighbors, 6who were clothed in purple, 4governors and officials, all of them handsome young men, horsemen riding on horses. 7She bestowed her 5obscene practices on them, all of whom were the choicest 6men of Assyria; and with all whom she lusted after, with all their idols she 7defiled herself. 8She did not abandon her obscene practices 8from the time in Egypt; for in her youth 9men had slept with her, and they handled her virgin breasts and poured out their obscene practice on her.

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  1. 1. Ezekiel 23:3 Lev 17:7; Jer 3:9 ↩
  2. 2. Ezekiel 23:5 Lit under Me ↩
  3. 3. Ezekiel 23:5 2 Kin 15:19; 16:7; 17:3; Ezek 16:28; Hos 5:13; 8:9, 10 ↩
  4. 4. Ezekiel 23:6 Ezek 23:12, 13 ↩
  5. 5. Ezekiel 23:7 Lit fornications ↩
  6. 6. Ezekiel 23:7 Lit sons of Asshur ↩
  7. 7. Ezekiel 23:7 Ezek 20:7; 22:3, 4; Hos 5:3; 6:10 ↩
  8. 8. Ezekiel 23:8 Ex 32:4; 1 Kin 12:28; 2 Kin 10:29; 17:16; Ezek 23:3, 19 ↩
  9. 9. Ezekiel 23:8 Lit they ↩

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