Ezekiel 23:2-21

2“Son of man, there were two women who were daughters of the same mother.

3They engaged in prostitution in Egypt; in their youth they engaged in prostitution. Their breasts were squeezed there; lovers fondled their virgin nipples there.

4Oholah was the name of the older and Oholibah the name of her younger sister. They became mine, and gave birth to sons and daughters. Oholah is Samaria and Oholibah is Jerusalem.

5“Oholah engaged in prostitution while she was mine. She lusted after her lovers, the Assyrians – warriors

6clothed in blue, governors and officials, all of them desirable young men, horsemen riding on horses.

7She bestowed her sexual favors on them; all of them were the choicest young men of Assyria. She defiled herself with all whom she desired – with all their idols.

8She did not abandon the prostitution she had practiced in Egypt; for in her youth men had sex with her, fondled her virgin breasts, and ravished her.

9Therefore I handed her over to her lovers, the Assyrians for whom she lusted.

10They exposed her nakedness, seized her sons and daughters, and killed her with the sword. She became notorious among women, and they executed judgments against her.

11“Her sister Oholibah watched this, but she became more corrupt in her lust than her sister had been, and her acts of prostitution were more numerous than those of her sister.

12She lusted after the Assyrians – governors and officials, warriors in full armor, horsemen riding on horses, all of them desirable young men.

13I saw that she was defiled; both of them followed the same path.

14But she increased her prostitution. She saw men carved on the wall, images of the Chaldeans carved in bright red,

15wearing belts on their waists and flowing turbans on their heads, all of them looking like officers, the image of Babylonians whose native land is Chaldea.

16When she saw them, she lusted after them and sent messengers to them in Chaldea.

17The Babylonians crawled into bed with her. They defiled her with their lust; after she was defiled by them, she became disgusted with them.

18When she lustfully exposed her nakedness, I was disgusted with her, just as I had been disgusted with her sister.

19Yet she increased her prostitution, remembering the days of her youth when she engaged in prostitution in the land of Egypt.

20She lusted after their genitals – as large as those of donkeys, and their seminal emission was as strong as that of stallions.

21This is how you assessed the obscene conduct of your youth, when the Egyptians fondled your nipples and squeezed your young breasts.