Ezekiel 23
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Ezekiel 23:3-21

3And they committed harlotriesH2181 in EgyptH4714; they committed harlotriesH2181 in their youthH5271: there were their breastsH7699 pressedH4600, and there they bruisedH6213 the teatsH1717 of their virginityH1331. 4And the namesH8034 of them were AholahH170 the elderH1419, and AholibahH172 her sisterH269: and they were mine, and they boreH3205 sonsH1121 and daughtersH1323. Thus were their namesH8034; SamariaH8111 is AholahH170, and JerusalemH3389 AholibahH172.12 5And AholahH170 played the harlotH2181 when she was mineH8478; and she dotedH5689 on her loversH157, on the AssyriansH804 her neighboursH7138, 6Who were clothedH3847 with blueH8504, captainsH6346 and rulersH5461, all of them desirableH2531 young menH970, horsemenH6571 ridingH7392 upon horsesH5483. 7Thus she committedH5414 her harlotriesH8457 with them, with all them that were the chosenH4005 menH1121 of AssyriaH804, and with all on whom she dotedH5689: with all their idolsH1544 she defiledH2930 herself.34 8Neither leftH5800 she her harlotriesH8457 brought from EgyptH4714: for in her youthH5271 they layH7901 with her, and they bruisedH6213 the breastsH1717 of her virginityH1331, and pouredH8210 their lustH8457 upon her. 9Therefore I have deliveredH5414 her into the handH3027 of her loversH157, into the handH3027 of the AssyriansH1121H804, upon whom she dotedH5689. 10These uncoveredH1540 her nakednessH6172: they tookH3947 her sonsH1121 and her daughtersH1323, and slewH2026 her with the swordH2719: and she became a bywordH8034 among womenH802; for they had executedH6213 judgmentH8196 upon her.5

11And when her sisterH269 AholibahH172 sawH7200this, she was more corruptH7843 in her inordinate loveH5691 than she, and in her harlotriesH8457 more than her sisterH269 in her harlotriesH2183.67 12She dotedH5689 upon the AssyriansH1121H804 her neighboursH7138, captainsH6346 and rulersH5461 clothedH3847 most gorgeouslyH4358, horsemenH6571 ridingH7392 upon horsesH5483, all of them desirableH2531 young menH970. 13Then I sawH7200 that she was defiledH2930, that they took bothH8147 oneH259 wayH1870, 14And that she increasedH3254 her harlotriesH8457: for when she sawH7200 menH582 portrayedH2707 upon the wallH7023, the imagesH6754 of the ChaldeansH3778 portrayedH2710 with vermilionH8350, 15GirdedH2289 with beltsH232 upon their loinsH4975, flowingH5628 turbansH2871 upon their headsH7218, all of them princesH7991 to look toH4758, after the mannerH1823 of the BabyloniansH1121H894 of ChaldeaH3778, the landH776 of their nativityH4138: 16And as soon as she sawH4758 them with her eyesH5869, she dotedH5689 upon them, and sentH7971 messengersH4397 to them into ChaldeaH3778.8 17And the BabyloniansH1121H894 cameH935 to her into the bedH4904 of loveH1730, and they defiledH2930 her with their immoralityH8457, and she was pollutedH2930 with them, and her mindH5315 was alienatedH3363 from them.910 18So she revealedH1540 her harlotriesH8457, and uncoveredH1540 her nakednessH6172: then my mindH5315 was alienatedH3363 from her, as my mindH5315 was alienatedH5361 from her sisterH269. 19Yet she multipliedH7235 her harlotriesH8457, in calling to remembranceH2142 the daysH3117 of her youthH5271, when she had played the harlotH2181 in the landH776 of EgyptH4714. 20For she dotedH5689 upon their paramoursH6370, whose fleshH1320 is as the fleshH1320 of donkeysH2543, and whose issueH2231 is like the issueH2231 of horsesH5483. 21Thus thou didst call to remembranceH6485 the lewdnessH2154 of thy youthH5271, in bruisingH6213 thy teatsH1717 by the EgyptiansH4714 for the breastsH7699 of thy youthH5271.

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Notes

  1. 1. Ezekiel 23:4 Aholah: that is, His tent, or, tabernacle ↩
  2. 2. Ezekiel 23:4 Aholibah: that is, My tabernacle in her ↩
  3. 3. Ezekiel 23:7 committed...: Heb. bestowed her whoredoms upon them ↩
  4. 4. Ezekiel 23:7 the chosen...: Heb. the choice of the children of Asshur ↩
  5. 5. Ezekiel 23:10 famous: Heb. a name ↩
  6. 6. Ezekiel 23:11 she was...: Heb. she corrupted her inordinate love more than, etc ↩
  7. 7. Ezekiel 23:11 more than...: Heb. more than the whoredoms of her sister ↩
  8. 8. Ezekiel 23:16 as soon...: Heb. at the sight of her eyes ↩
  9. 9. Ezekiel 23:17 Babylonians: Heb. children of Babel ↩
  10. 10. Ezekiel 23:17 alienated: Heb. loosed, or, disjointed ↩

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