Revised Version 1895

Ezekiel 23:11-21

11AndherH7200sisterאֲחוֹתָ֣הּ'a.cho.TahH269Oholibahאָהֳלִיבָ֔ה'o.ho.li.VahH172sawH7200this, yet was shemoreמִמֶּ֑נָּהmi.Me.nahH4480corruptוַתַּשְׁחֵ֥תva.tash.ChetH7843inherH7200dotingthanH4480she, and inherH7200whoredoms which weremoreH4480thanH4480the whoredoms ofherH7200sisterאֲחוֹתָֽהּ׃'a.cho.TahH269.

12She doteduponH413the Assyrians,governorsפַּח֨וֹתpa.ChotH6346andrulersוּסְגָנִ֤יםu.se.ga.NimH5461,herH3605neighbours,clothedלְבֻשֵׁ֣יle.vu.SheiH3847most gorgeously,horsemenפָּרָשִׁ֖יםpa.ra.ShimH6571ridingרֹכְבֵ֣יro.khe.VeiH7392uponH413horsesסוּסִ֑יםsu.SimH5483,allH3605of themdesirableחֶ֖מֶדChe.medH2531youngבְּנֵי֩be.NeiH1121menבַּח֥וּרֵיba.Chu.reiH970.

13And Isawוָאֵ֖רֶאva.'E.re'H7200thatsheכִּ֣יkiH3588wasdefiledנִטְמָ֑אָהnit.Ma.'ahH2930; theybothH8147tookH8147onewayדֶּ֥רֶךְDe.rekhH1870.

14And sheincreasedוַתּ֖וֹסֶףva.To.sefH3254herאֶל־'el-H413whoredoms; for shesawוַתֵּ֗רֶאva.Te.re'H7200menH376pourtrayeduponעַל־'al-H5921thewallהַקִּ֔ירha.KirH7023, theimagesצַלְמֵ֣יtzal.MeiH6754of theChaldeansכַשְׂדִּ֔יםkhas.di.yimH3778pourtrayed withvermilionבַּשָּׁשַֽׁר׃ba.sha.SharH8350,

15girdedחֲגוֹרֵ֨יcha.go.ReiH2289with girdles upon theirloinsבְּמָתְנֵיהֶ֗םbe.ma.te.nei.HemH4975, exceeding in dyed attire upon theirheadsבְּרָ֣אשֵׁיהֶ֔םbe.Ra.shei.HemH7218,allכֻּלָּ֑םku.LamH3605of them princes to look upon,afterH776thelikenessדְּמ֤וּתde.MutH1823of theBabyloniansH3778inChaldeaכַּשְׂדִּ֔יםkas.DimH3778, thelandאֶ֖רֶץ'E.retzH776of their nativity.

16And as soon as she saw them she doteduponעֲלֵיהֶ֖ם'a.lei.HemH5921them, andsentוַתִּשְׁלַ֧חva.tish.LachH7971messengersמַלְאָכִ֛יםmal.'a.KhimH4397unto themintoאֲלֵיהֶ֖ם'a.lei.HemH413Chaldeaכַּשְׂדִּֽימָה׃kas.Di.mahH3778.

17And the Babylonianscameוַיָּבֹ֨אוּvai.ya.Vo.'uH935toherH413intoH413thebedלְמִשְׁכַּ֣בle.mish.KavH4904ofloveדֹּדִ֔יםdo.DimH1730; and theydefiledH2930herH413with their whoredom, and she was polluted with them, andherH413soulנַפְשָׁ֖הּnaf.ShahH5315wasalienatedוַתֵּ֥קַעva.Te.ka'H3363from them.

18SoH834sheH834discoveredherH1540whoredoms, and discoveredherH1540nakednessעֶרְוָתָ֑הּ'er.va.TahH6172: then mysoulנַפְשִׁי֙naf.ShiH5315wasalienatedH5361fromherH1540, like as mysoulנַפְשִׁ֖יnaf.ShiH5315wasalienatedH5361fromherH1540sisterאֲחוֹתָֽהּ׃'a.cho.TahH269.

19YetsheH834multipliedוַתַּרְבֶּ֖הva.tar.BehH7235herH3117whoredoms,rememberingלִזְכֹּר֙liz.KorH2142thedaysיְמֵ֣יye.MeiH3117ofherH3117youthנְעוּרֶ֔יהָne.'u.Rei.haH5271,whereinH834sheH834hadplayedH2181theharlotH2181in thelandבְּאֶ֥רֶץbe.'E.retzH776ofEgyptמִצְרָֽיִם׃mitz.Ra.yimH4714.

20AndsheH834doteduponעַ֖ל'alH5921theirparamoursפִּֽלַגְשֵׁיהֶ֑םpi.lag.shei.HemH6370,whoseH834fleshבְּשַׂר־be.sar-H1320is as thefleshבְּשָׂרָ֔םbe.sa.RamH1320of asses, andwhoseH834issueוְזִרְמַ֥תve.zir.MatH2231is like theissueזִרְמָתָֽם׃zir.ma.TamH2231ofhorsesסוּסִ֖יםsu.SimH5483.

21Thusלְמַ֖עַןle.Ma.'anH4616thou calledst to remembrance thelewdnessזִמַּ֣תzi.MatH2154of thyyouthנְעוּרָ֑יִךְne.'u.Ra.yikhH5271, in the bruising of thy teats by theEgyptiansמִמִּצְרַ֙יִם֙mi.mitz.Ra.yimH4714for thebreastsשְׁדֵ֥יshe.DeiH7699of thyyouthנְעוּרָֽיִךְ׃ סne.'u.Ra.yikhH5271.

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