Ezekiel 23
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Ezekiel 23:6-17

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.

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