Ezekiel 23:1-44

Ezekiel 23:1-44

[1] The word  of the LORD  came again unto me, saying,  [2] Son  of man,  there were two  women,  the daughters  of one  mother:  [3] And they committed whoredoms  in Egypt;  they committed whoredoms  in their youth:  there were their breasts  pressed,  and there they bruised  the teats  of their virginity.  [4] And the names  of them were Aholah  the elder,  and Aholibah  her sister:  and they were mine, and they bare  sons  and daughters.  Thus were their names;  Samaria  is Aholah,  and Jerusalem  Aholibah.  [5] And Aholah  played the harlot  when she was mine;  and she doted  on her lovers,  on the Assyrians  her neighbours,  [6] Which were clothed  with blue,  captains  and rulers,  all of them desirable  young men,  horsemen  riding  upon horses.  [7] Thus she committed  her whoredoms  with them, with all them that were the chosen  men  of Assyria,  and with all on whom she doted:  with all their idols  she defiled  [8] Neither left  she her whoredoms  brought from Egypt:  for in her youth  they lay  with her, and they bruised  the breasts  of her virginity,  and poured  their whoredom  [9] Wherefore I have delivered  her into the hand  of her lovers,  into the hand  of the Assyrians,  upon whom she doted.  [10] These discovered  her nakedness:  they took  her sons  and her daughters,  and slew  her with the sword:  and she became famous  among women;  for they had executed  judgment  upon her. [11] And when her sister  Aholibah  saw  this, she was more corrupt  in her inordinate love  than she, and in her whoredoms  more than her sister  in her whoredoms.  [12] She doted  upon the Assyrians  her neighbours,  captains  and rulers  clothed  most gorgeously,  horsemen  riding  upon horses,  all of them desirable  young men.  [13] Then I saw  that she was defiled,  that they took both  one  way,  [14] And that she increased  her whoredoms:  for when she saw  pourtrayed  upon the wall,  the images  of the Chaldeans  pourtrayed  with vermilion,  [15] Girded  with girdles  upon their loins,  exceeding  in dyed attire  upon their heads,  all of them princes  to look to,  after the manner  of the Babylonians  of Chaldea,  the land  of their nativity:  [16] And as soon as she saw  them with her eyes,  she doted  upon them, and sent  messengers  unto them into Chaldea.  [17] And the Babylonians  came  to her into the bed  of love,  and they defiled  her with their whoredom,  and she was polluted  with them, and her mind  was alienated  from them. [18] So she discovered  her whoredoms,  and discovered  her nakedness:  then my mind  was alienated  from her, like as my mind  was alienated  from her sister.  [19] Yet she multiplied  her whoredoms,  in calling to remembrance  the days  of her youth,  wherein she had played the harlot  in the land  of Egypt.  [20] For she doted  upon their paramours,  whose flesh  of asses,  and whose issue  of horses.  [21] Thus thou calledst to remembrance  the lewdness  of thy youth,  in bruising  thy teats  by the Egyptians  for the paps  of thy youth.  [22] Therefore, O Aholibah,  thus saith  the Lord  GOD;  Behold, I will raise up  thy lovers  against thee, from whom thy mind  is alienated,  and I will bring  them against thee on every side;  [23] The Babylonians,  and all the Chaldeans,  Pekod,  and Shoa,  and Koa,  and all the Assyrians  with them: all of them desirable  young men,  captains  and rulers,  great lords  and renowned,  all of them riding  upon horses.  [24] And they shall come  against thee with chariots,  wagons,  and wheels,  and with an assembly  of people,  which shall set  against thee buckler  and shield  and helmet  round about:  and I will set  judgment  before  them, and they shall judge  thee according to their judgments.  [25] And I will set  my jealousy  against thee, and they shall deal  furiously  with thee: they shall take away  thy nose  and thine ears;  and thy remnant  shall fall  by the sword:  they shall take  thy sons  and thy daughters;  and thy residue  shall be devoured  by the fire.  [26] They shall also strip  thee out of thy clothes,  and take away  thy fair  jewels.  [27] Thus will I make thy lewdness  to cease  from thee, and thy whoredom  brought from the land  of Egypt:  so that thou shalt not lift up  thine eyes  unto them, nor remember  Egypt  any more. [28] For thus saith  the Lord  Behold, I will deliver  thee into the hand  of them whom thou hatest,  into the hand  of them from whom thy mind  is alienated:  [29] And they shall deal  with thee hatefully,  and shall take away  all thy labour,  and shall leave  thee naked  and bare:  and the nakedness  of thy whoredoms  shall be discovered,  both thy lewdness  and thy whoredoms.  [30] I will do  these things unto thee, because thou hast gone a whoring  after  the heathen,  and because thou art polluted  with their idols.  [31] Thou hast walked  in the way  of thy sister;  therefore will I give  her cup  into thine hand.  [32] Thus saith  the Lord  GOD;  Thou shalt drink  of thy sister's  cup  deep  and large:  thou shalt be laughed to scorn  it containeth  much.  [33] Thou shalt be filled  with drunkenness  and sorrow,  with the cup  of astonishment  and desolation,  with the cup  of thy sister  Samaria.  [34] Thou shalt even drink  it and suck it out,  and thou shalt break  the sherds  thereof, and pluck off  thine own breasts:  for I have spoken  it, saith  the Lord  GOD.  [35] Therefore thus saith  the Lord  GOD;  Because thou hast forgotten  me, and cast  me behind  thy back,  therefore bear  thou also thy lewdness  and thy whoredoms.  [36] The LORD  said  moreover unto me; Son  of man,  wilt thou judge  Aholah  and Aholibah?  yea, declare  unto them their abominations;  [37] That they have committed adultery,  and blood  is in their hands,  and with their idols  have they committed adultery,  and have also caused their sons,  whom they bare  unto me, to pass for them through  the fire, to devour  them. [38] Moreover this they have done  unto me: they have defiled  my sanctuary  in the same day,  and have profaned  my sabbaths.  [39] For when they had slain  their children  to their idols,  then they came  the same day  into my sanctuary  to profane  it; and, lo, thus have they done  in the midst  of mine house.  [40] And furthermore,  that ye have sent  to come  from far,  unto whom a messenger  was sent;  and, lo, they came:  for whom thou didst wash  thyself, paintedst  thy eyes,  and deckedst  thyself with ornaments,  [41] And satest  upon a stately  bed,  and a table  prepared  before  it, whereupon thou hast set  mine incense  and mine oil.  [42] And a voice  of a multitude  being at ease  of the common sort  were brought  from the wilderness,  which put  bracelets  upon their hands,  and beautiful  crowns  upon their heads.  [43] Then said  I unto her that was old  in adulteries,  Will they now commit  whoredoms  with her, and she with them? [44] Yet they went in  unto a woman  that playeth the harlot:  so went they in  unto Aholah  and unto Aholibah,  the lewd  women.