Ezekiel 23:6-17

6They were all attractive young men, captains and commanders dressed in handsome blue, charioteers driving their horses.

7And so she prostituted herself with the most desirable men of Assyria, worshiping their idols and defiling herself.

8For when she left Egypt, she did not leave her spirit of prostitution behind. She was still as lewd as in her youth, when the Egyptians slept with her, fondled her breasts, and used her as a prostitute.

9“And so I handed her over to her Assyrian lovers, whom she desired so much.

10They stripped her, took away her children as their slaves, and then killed her. After she received her punishment, her reputation was known to every woman in the land.

11“Yet even though Oholibah saw what had happened to Oholah, her sister, she followed right in her footsteps. And she was even more depraved, abandoning herself to her lust and prostitution.

12She fawned over all the Assyrian officers—those captains and commanders in handsome uniforms, those charioteers driving their horses—all of them attractive young men.

13I saw the way she was going, defiling herself just like her older sister.

14“Then she carried her prostitution even further. She fell in love with pictures that were painted on a wall—pictures of Babylonian military officers, outfitted in striking red uniforms.

15Handsome belts encircled their waists, and flowing turbans crowned their heads. They were dressed like chariot officers from the land of Babylonia.

16When she saw these paintings, she longed to give herself to them, so she sent messengers to Babylonia to invite them to come to her.

17So they came and committed adultery with her, defiling her in the bed of love. After being defiled, however, she rejected them in disgust.