1The word of the Lord came to me:2“Son of man, there were two women, the daughters of one mother. (Eze 2:1; Eze 16:45)3They played the whore in Egypt; they played the whore in their youth; there their breasts were pressed and their virgin bosoms[1] handled. (Eze 16:15; Eze 16:22)4Oholah was the name of the elder and Oholibah the name of her sister. They became mine, and they bore sons and daughters. As for their names, Oholah is Samaria, and Oholibah is Jerusalem. (Eze 16:8; Eze 16:46; Eze 23:37)5“Oholah played the whore while she was mine, and she lusted after her lovers the Assyrians, warriors (Nu 5:19; 2Ki 15:19; 2Ki 17:3; Ho 2:5; Ho 8:9)6clothed in purple, governors and commanders, all of them desirable young men, horsemen riding on horses. (Isa 5:28; Eze 23:23; Eze 38:15)7She bestowed her whoring upon them, the choicest men of Assyria all of them, and she defiled herself with all the idols of everyone after whom she lusted.8She did not give up her whoring that she had begun in Egypt; for in her youth men had lain with her and handled her virgin bosom and poured out their whoring lust upon her. (Eze 23:3; Eze 23:19)9Therefore I delivered her into the hands of her lovers, into the hands of the Assyrians, after whom she lusted. (2Ki 15:29; 2Ki 17:4; 2Ki 17:23; 2Ki 18:9)10These uncovered her nakedness; they seized her sons and her daughters; and as for her, they killed her with the sword; and she became a byword among women, when judgment had been executed on her. (Eze 5:8; Eze 16:14; Eze 16:37; Eze 23:25; Eze 23:29)11“Her sister Oholibah saw this, and she became more corrupt than her sister[2] in her lust and in her whoring, which was worse than that of her sister. (Jer 3:8; Jer 3:11; Eze 16:47)12She lusted after the Assyrians, governors and commanders, warriors clothed in full armor, horsemen riding on horses, all of them desirable young men. (Eze 23:6)13And I saw that she was defiled; they both took the same way.14But she carried her whoring further. She saw men portrayed on the wall, the images of the Chaldeans portrayed in vermilion, (2Ki 20:12; 2Ki 24:1; Eze 8:10; Eze 16:17; Eze 16:29)15wearing belts on their waists, with flowing turbans on their heads, all of them having the appearance of officers, a likeness of Babylonians whose native land was Chaldea.16When she saw them, she lusted after them and sent messengers to them in Chaldea. (Isa 57:9; Eze 23:14; Eze 23:40)17And the Babylonians came to her into the bed of love, and they defiled her with their whoring lust. And after she was defiled by them, she turned from them in disgust. (Isa 57:7; Eze 17:15; Eze 23:22; Eze 23:28; Eze 23:41)18When she carried on her whoring so openly and flaunted her nakedness, I turned in disgust from her, as I had turned in disgust from her sister.19Yet she increased her whoring, remembering the days of her youth, when she played the whore in the land of Egypt (Eze 16:15; Eze 23:3)20and lusted after her lovers there, whose members were like those of donkeys, and whose issue was like that of horses.21Thus you longed for the lewdness of your youth, when the Egyptians handled your bosom and pressed[3] your young breasts.”22Therefore, O Oholibah, thus says the Lord God: “Behold, I will stir up against you your lovers from whom you turned in disgust, and I will bring them against you from every side: (Eze 16:37; Eze 23:17)23the Babylonians and all the Chaldeans, Pekod and Shoa and Koa, and all the Assyrians with them, desirable young men, governors and commanders all of them, officers and men of renown, all of them riding on horses. (Jer 50:21; Eze 23:6; Eze 23:12)24And they shall come against you from the north[4] with chariots and wagons and a host of peoples. They shall set themselves against you on every side with buckler, shield, and helmet; and I will commit the judgment to them, and they shall judge you according to their judgments. (2Ki 19:32; 2Ki 25:6; Eze 9:5)25And I will direct my jealousy against you, that they may deal with you in fury. They shall cut off your nose and your ears, and your survivors shall fall by the sword. They shall seize your sons and your daughters, and your survivors shall be devoured by fire. (Eze 23:10; Eze 23:29)26They shall also strip you of your clothes and take away your beautiful jewels. (Eze 16:39)27Thus I will put an end to your lewdness and your whoring begun in the land of Egypt, so that you shall not lift up your eyes to them or remember Egypt anymore. (Eze 16:41; Eze 23:3; Eze 23:19; Eze 23:48)28“For thus says the Lord God: Behold, I will deliver you into the hands of those whom you hate, into the hands of those from whom you turned in disgust, (Eze 16:37; Eze 23:17; Eze 23:22)29and they shall deal with you in hatred and take away all the fruit of your labor and leave you naked and bare, and the nakedness of your whoring shall be uncovered. Your lewdness and your whoring (Eze 16:7; Eze 16:22; Eze 16:37; Eze 16:39; Eze 23:10; Eze 23:25)30have brought this upon you, because you played the whore with the nations and defiled yourself with their idols. (Ex 34:15; Eze 6:9)31You have gone the way of your sister; therefore I will give her cup into your hand. (Jer 25:15; Eze 23:9)32Thus says the Lord God: “You shall drink your sister’s cup that is deep and large; you shall be laughed at and held in derision, for it contains much;33you will be filled with drunkenness and sorrow. A cup of horror and desolation, the cup of your sister Samaria; (Isa 51:17; Jer 13:13; Eze 23:4; Re 14:10)34you shall drink it and drain it out, and gnaw its shards, and tear your breasts; for I have spoken, declares the Lord God. (Ps 75:8)35Therefore thus says the Lord God: Because you have forgotten me and cast me behind your back, you yourself must bear the consequences of your lewdness and whoring.” (1Ki 14:9; Jer 2:32; Eze 14:10; Eze 16:58; Eze 22:12; Eze 23:49)36The Lord said to me: “Son of man, will you judge Oholah and Oholibah? Declare to them their abominations. (Eze 2:1; Eze 20:4; Eze 22:2)37For they have committed adultery, and blood is on their hands. With their idols they have committed adultery, and they have even offered up[5] to them for food the children whom they had borne to me. (Eze 7:23; Eze 16:20; Eze 16:38; Eze 22:2)38Moreover, this they have done to me: they have defiled my sanctuary on the same day and profaned my Sabbaths. (Eze 5:11; Eze 20:13)39For when they had slaughtered their children in sacrifice to their idols, on the same day they came into my sanctuary to profane it. And behold, this is what they did in my house. (2Ki 21:4; Jer 23:11; Eze 16:20; Eze 16:36; Eze 23:37; Eze 44:7)40They even sent for men to come from afar, to whom a messenger was sent; and behold, they came. For them you bathed yourself, painted your eyes, and adorned yourself with ornaments. (2Ki 9:30; Jer 4:30; Eze 16:11; Eze 23:16)41You sat on a stately couch, with a table spread before it on which you had placed my incense and my oil. (Es 1:6; Pr 7:17; Eze 16:18; Ho 2:8)42The sound of a carefree multitude was with her; and with men of the common sort, drunkards[6] were brought from the wilderness; and they put bracelets on the hands of the women, and beautiful crowns on their heads. (Isa 22:2; Eze 16:11; Eze 16:12)43“Then I said of her who was worn out by adultery, ‘Now they will continue to use her for a whore, even her!’[7]44For they have gone in to her, as men go in to a prostitute. Thus they went in to Oholah and to Oholibah, lewd women!45But righteous men shall pass judgment on them with the sentence of adulteresses, and with the sentence of women who shed blood, because they are adulteresses, and blood is on their hands.” (Eze 16:38; Eze 23:24)46For thus says the Lord God: “Bring up a vast host against them, and make them an object of terror and a plunder. (De 28:25; Eze 7:21; Eze 16:40)47And the host shall stone them and cut them down with their swords. They shall kill their sons and their daughters, and burn up their houses. (Jos 7:24; 2Ch 36:17; 2Ch 36:19; Eze 16:40; Eze 24:21)48Thus will I put an end to lewdness in the land, that all women may take warning and not commit lewdness as you have done. (Eze 16:41; Eze 23:27)49And they shall return your lewdness upon you, and you shall bear the penalty for your sinful idolatry, and you shall know that I am the Lord God.” (Eze 6:7; Eze 23:35)
1The word of the Lord came to me:2‘Son of man, there were two women, daughters of the same mother.3They became prostitutes in Egypt, engaging in prostitution from their youth. In that land their breasts were fondled and their virgin bosoms caressed.4The elder one was named Oholah, and her sister was Oholibah. They were mine and gave birth to sons and daughters. Oholah is Samaria, and Oholibah is Jerusalem.5‘Oholah engaged in prostitution while she was still mine; and she lusted after her lovers, the Assyrians – warriors6clothed in blue, governors and commanders, all of them handsome young men, and mounted horsemen.7She gave herself as a prostitute to all the elite of the Assyrians and defiled herself with all the idols of everyone she lusted after.8She did not give up the prostitution she began in Egypt, when during her youth men slept with her, caressed her virgin bosom and poured out their lust on her.9‘Therefore I delivered her into the hands of her lovers, the Assyrians, for whom she lusted.10They stripped her naked, took away her sons and daughters and killed her with the sword. She became a byword among women, and punishment was inflicted on her.11‘Her sister Oholibah saw this, yet in her lust and prostitution she was more depraved than her sister.12She too lusted after the Assyrians – governors and commanders, warriors in full dress, mounted horsemen, all handsome young men.13I saw that she too defiled herself; both of them went the same way.14‘But she carried her prostitution still further. She saw men portrayed on a wall, figures of Chaldeans[1] portrayed in red,15with belts round their waists and flowing turbans on their heads; all of them looked like Babylonian chariot officers, natives of Chaldea.[2]16As soon as she saw them, she lusted after them and sent messengers to them in Chaldea.17Then the Babylonians came to her, to the bed of love, and in their lust they defiled her. After she had been defiled by them, she turned away from them in disgust.18When she carried on her prostitution openly and exposed her naked body, I turned away from her in disgust, just as I had turned away from her sister.19Yet she became more and more promiscuous as she recalled the days of her youth, when she was a prostitute in Egypt.20There she lusted after her lovers, whose genitals were like those of donkeys and whose emission was like that of horses.21So you longed for the lewdness of your youth, when in Egypt your bosom was caressed and your young breasts fondled.[3]22‘Therefore, Oholibah, this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I will stir up your lovers against you, those you turned away from in disgust, and I will bring them against you from every side –23the Babylonians and all the Chaldeans, the men of Pekod and Shoa and Koa, and all the Assyrians with them, handsome young men, all of them governors and commanders, chariot officers and men of high rank, all mounted on horses.24They will come against you with weapons,[4] chariots and wagons and with a throng of people; they will take up positions against you on every side with large and small shields and with helmets. I will turn you over to them for punishment, and they will punish you according to their standards.25I will direct my jealous anger against you, and they will deal with you in fury. They will cut off your noses and your ears, and those of you who are left will fall by the sword. They will take away your sons and daughters, and those of you who are left will be consumed by fire.26They will also strip you of your clothes and take your fine jewellery.27So I will put a stop to the lewdness and prostitution you began in Egypt. You will not look on these things with longing or remember Egypt anymore.28‘For this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I am about to deliver you into the hands of those you hate, to those you turned away from in disgust.29They will deal with you in hatred and take away everything you have worked for. They will leave you stark naked, and the shame of your prostitution will be exposed. Your lewdness and promiscuity30have brought this on you, because you lusted after the nations and defiled yourself with their idols.31You have gone the way of your sister; so I will put her cup into your hand.32‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: ‘You will drink your sister’s cup, a cup large and deep; it will bring scorn and derision, for it holds so much.33You will be filled with drunkenness and sorrow, the cup of ruin and desolation, the cup of your sister Samaria.34You will drink it and drain it dry and chew on its pieces – and you will tear your breasts. I have spoken, declares the Sovereign Lord.35‘Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: since you have forgotten me and turned your back on me, you must bear the consequences of your lewdness and prostitution.’36The Lord said to me: ‘Son of man, will you judge Oholah and Oholibah? Then confront them with their detestable practices,37for they have committed adultery and blood is on their hands. They committed adultery with their idols; they even sacrificed their children, whom they bore to me, as food for them.38They have also done this to me: at that same time they defiled my sanctuary and desecrated my Sabbaths.39On the very day they sacrificed their children to their idols, they entered my sanctuary and desecrated it. That is what they did in my house.40‘They even sent messengers for men who came from far away, and when they arrived you bathed yourself for them, applied eye makeup and put on your jewellery.41You sat on an elegant couch, with a table spread before it on which you had placed the incense and olive oil that belonged to me.42‘The noise of a carefree crowd was around her; drunkards were brought from the desert along with men from the rabble, and they put bracelets on the wrists of the woman and her sister and beautiful crowns on their heads.43Then I said about the one worn out by adultery, “Now let them use her as a prostitute, for that is all she is.”44And they slept with her. As men sleep with a prostitute, so they slept with those lewd women, Oholah and Oholibah.45But righteous judges will sentence them to the punishment of women who commit adultery and shed blood, because they are adulterous and blood is on their hands.46‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: bring a mob against them and give them over to terror and plunder.47The mob will stone them and cut them down with their swords; they will kill their sons and daughters and burn down their houses.48‘So I will put an end to lewdness in the land, that all women may take warning and not imitate you.49You will suffer the penalty for your lewdness and bear the consequences of your sins of idolatry. Then you will know that I am the Sovereign Lord.’
1A message from the LORD came to me. The LORD said,2‘Son of man, once there were two women. They had the same mother.3They became prostitutes in Egypt. They have been unfaithful to me since they were young. In that land they allowed their breasts to be touched. They permitted their virgin breasts to be kissed.4The older sister was named Oholah. The younger one was Oholibah. They belonged to me. Sons and daughters were born to them. Oholah stands for Samaria. And Oholibah stands for Jerusalem.5‘Oholah was unfaithful to me even while she still belonged to me. She longed for her Assyrian lovers. They included soldiers6who wore blue uniforms. They also included governors and commanders. All of them were young and handsome. They rode horses.7She gave herself as a prostitute to all Assyria’s finest warriors. She made herself impure with the statues of the gods of everyone she longed for.8She started being a prostitute in Egypt. And she never stopped. When she was young, men had sex with her. They kissed her virgin breasts. They used up all their sinful desires on her.9‘So I handed her over to her Assyrian lovers. She longed for them.10They stripped her naked. They took away her sons and daughters. And they killed her with their swords. Other women laughed when that happened. I was the one who had punished her.11‘Her sister Oholibah saw it. But her evil desire for sexual sin was worse than her sister’s.12She too longed for the men of Assyria. They included governors and commanders. They included soldiers who wore fancy uniforms. They also included men who rode horses. All of them were young and handsome.13I saw that she too made herself impure. So both sisters did the same evil things.14‘But Oholibah went even further with her sexual sins. She saw pictures of men drawn on a wall. They were figures of Babylonians drawn in red.15They had belts around their waists. They wore flowing turbans on their heads. All of them looked like Babylonian chariot officers. They were from the land of the Chaldeans.16As soon as she saw the pictures, she longed for the men. So she sent messengers to them in Babylon.17Then the Babylonians came to her. They went to bed with her. They had sex with her. They made her impure when they had sex with her. After they did it, she became sick of them. So she turned away from them.18She acted like a prostitute who had no shame at all. She openly showed her naked body. I became sick of what she was doing. So I turned away from her. I had also turned away from her sister.19But Oholibah offered her body to her lovers again and again. She remembered the days when she was a young prostitute in Egypt.20There she had longed for her lovers. Their private parts seemed as big as those of donkeys. And their flow of semen appeared to be as much as that of horses.21So you wanted to return to the days when you were young. You longed for the time when you first became impure in Egypt. That was when you allowed your breasts to be kissed. And you permitted your young breasts to be touched.’22So the LORD and King says, ‘Oholibah, I will stir up your lovers against you. You became sick of them. You turned away from them. But I will bring them against you from every side.23They include the Babylonians and all the Chaldeans. They include the men from Pekod, Shoa and Koa. They also include all the Assyrians. They are young and handsome. Some of them are governors and commanders. Others are chariot officers. Still others are very high officials. All of them ride horses.24So a huge army will come against you with weapons, chariots and wagons. They will take up positions against you on every side. They will carry large and small shields. They will wear helmets. I will turn you over to them to be punished. They will punish you in their own way.25I will pour out my jealous anger on you. And the army’s anger will burn against you. They will cut off your noses and ears. Some of you who are left will be killed by swords. They will take away your sons and daughters. Others of you who are left will be burned up.26The army will also strip off your clothes. They will take your fine jewellery away from you.27You became an impure prostitute in Egypt. But I will put a stop to all of that. You will no longer want to do any of it. You will not remember Egypt anymore.’28The LORD and King says, ‘I am about to hand you over to people you hate. You became sick of them. You turned away from them.29They will punish you because they hate you so much. They will take away from you everything you have worked for. They will leave you completely naked. Then everyone will see that you are a prostitute who has no shame at all. You were impure. You offered your body to your lovers again and again.30That is why you will be punished. You longed for lovers in other nations. You made yourself impure by worshipping their gods.31You did the same things your sister Oholah did. So I will put her cup in your hand. It is filled with the wine of my anger.’32The LORD and King says to Oholibah, ‘You will drink from your sister’s cup. It is large and deep. It is filled with the wine of my anger. So others will laugh at you. They will make fun of you.33You will become drunk and sad. The cup of my anger will completely destroy you. It is the same cup your sister Samaria drank from.34You will drink from it until it is empty. Then you will chew on its pieces. And you will claw at your breasts. I have spoken,’ announces the LORD and King.35So the LORD and King says, ‘You have forgotten me. You have turned your back on me. You have been impure. You have acted like a prostitute. So I will punish you.’36The LORD said to me, ‘Son of man, are you going to judge Oholah and Oholibah? Then tell them they have done many evil things. I hate those things.37They have committed adultery. Their hands are covered with the blood of the people they have murdered. They have worshipped other gods. They have not been faithful to me. They have even sacrificed their children as food to other gods. Those children belonged to me.38Here are some other things the sisters have done to me. They have made my temple “unclean”. They have misused my Sabbath days.39They have sacrificed their children to their gods. On that same day they entered my temple and made it “unclean”. That is what they have done in my house.40‘They even sent messengers to bring men from far away. When the men arrived, Oholibah took a bath. She put makeup on her eyes. She put her jewellery on.41She sat down on a beautiful couch. A table was in front of it. There she put the incense and olive oil that belonged to me.42‘The noise of a carefree crowd was all around her. Men who drink too much were brought from the desert. Other men were brought along with them. They put bracelets on the wrists of the two sisters. They put beautiful crowns on their heads.43Then I spoke about Oholibah. She was worn out by adultery. I said, “Let them use her as a prostitute. After all, that is what she is.”44So they slept with her. In fact, they slept with both of these impure women, Oholah and Oholibah. They slept with them just as men sleep with prostitutes.45But judges who are right with God will sentence the sisters to be punished. They will be punished in the same way as women who commit adultery and murder. After all, they have committed adultery. And their hands are covered with the blood of the people they have murdered.’46The LORD and King says, ‘Bring an angry crowd against the sisters. Hand them over to those who will terrify them and steal everything they have.47The crowd will kill them by throwing stones at them. They will use swords to cut them down. They will kill their sons and daughters. And they will burn down their houses.48‘So I will put an end to impurity in the land. Then all its women will be warned. They will not want to be like the sisters.49Those sisters will be punished because of the impure things they have done. They will be judged because they have worshipped other gods. Then they will know that I am the LORD and King.’
Ezekiel 23
King James Version
1The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying,2Son of man, there were two women, the daughters of one mother:3And 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.4And 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.5And Aholah played the harlot when she was mine; and she doted on her lovers, on the Assyrians her neighbours,6Which were clothed with blue, captains and rulers, all of them desirable young men, horsemen riding upon horses.7Thus 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 herself.8Neither 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 upon her.9Wherefore I have delivered her into the hand of her lovers, into the hand of the Assyrians, upon whom she doted.10These 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.11And 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.12She doted upon the Assyrians her neighbours, captains and rulers clothed most gorgeously, horsemen riding upon horses, all of them desirable young men.13Then I saw that she was defiled, that they took both one way,14And that she increased her whoredoms: for when she saw men pourtrayed upon the wall, the images of the Chaldeans pourtrayed with vermilion,15Girded 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:16And as soon as she saw them with her eyes, she doted upon them, and sent messengers unto them into Chaldea.17And 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.18So she discovered her whoredoms, and discovered her nakedness: then my mind was alienated from her, like as my mind was alienated from her sister.19Yet she multiplied her whoredoms, in calling to remembrance the days of her youth, wherein she had played the harlot in the land of Egypt.20For she doted upon their paramours, whose flesh is as the flesh of asses, and whose issue is like the issue of horses.21Thus thou calledst to remembrance the lewdness of thy youth, in bruising thy teats by the Egyptians for the paps of thy youth.22Therefore, 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;23The 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.24And 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.25And 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.26They shall also strip thee out of thy clothes, and take away thy fair jewels.27Thus 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.28For thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will deliver thee into the hand of them whom thou hatest, into the hand of them from whom thy mind is alienated:29And 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.30I will do these things unto thee, because thou hast gone a whoring after the heathen, and because thou art polluted with their idols.31Thou hast walked in the way of thy sister; therefore will I give her cup into thine hand.32Thus saith the Lord GOD; Thou shalt drink of thy sister' cup deep and large: thou shalt be laughed to scorn and had in derision; it containeth much.33Thou shalt be filled with drunkenness and sorrow, with the cup of astonishment and desolation, with the cup of thy sister Samaria.34Thou 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.35Therefore 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.36The LORD said moreover unto me; Son of man, wilt thou judge Aholah and Aholibah? yea, declare unto them their abominations;37That 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 .38Moreover this they have done unto me: they have defiled my sanctuary in the same day, and have profaned my sabbaths.39For 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.40And furthermore, that ye have sent for men 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,41And satest upon a stately bed, and a table prepared before it, whereupon thou hast set mine incense and mine oil.42And a voice of a multitude being at ease was with her: and with the men of the common sort were brought Sabeans from the wilderness, which put bracelets upon their hands, and beautiful crowns upon their heads.43Then said I unto her that was old in adulteries, Will they now commit whoredoms with her, and she with them ?44Yet they went in unto her, as they go in unto a woman that playeth the harlot: so went they in unto Aholah and unto Aholibah, the lewd women.45And the righteous men, they shall judge them after the manner of adulteresses, and after the manner of women that shed blood; because they are adulteresses, and blood is in their hands.46For thus saith the Lord GOD; I will bring up a company upon them, and will give them to be removed and spoiled.47And the company shall stone them with stones, and dispatch them with their swords; they shall slay their sons and their daughters, and burn up their houses with fire.48Thus will I cause lewdness to cease out of the land, that all women may be taught not to do after your lewdness.49And they shall recompense your lewdness upon you, and ye shall bear the sins of your idols: and ye shall know that I am the Lord GOD.
1Das Wort des HERRN erging an mich: (Jer 3:6; Eze 16:1; Ho 1:1)2Menschensohn! Es waren zwei Frauen, Töchter der gleichen Mutter.3Sie hurten in Ägypten, in ihrer Jugend hurten sie; dort wurden ihre Brüste gedrückt und dort griff man nach ihren jugendlichen Brüsten. (Eze 20:7)4Die ältere hieß Ohola, ihre Schwester Oholiba. Sie wurden mein und gebaren Söhne und Töchter. Der Name Ohola meint Samaria, Oholiba Jerusalem.5Ohola hurte, obwohl sie mein war. Sie hatte Verlangen nach ihren Liebhabern, nach Assur, Kriegern,6in Purpur gekleidet, Statthalter und Vorsteher; alle begehrenswerte junge Männer, Reiter hoch zu Ross.7Auf sie richtete sie ihre Hurerei. Sie alle gehörten zu den Tüchtigsten der Söhne Assurs. Mit allen, nach denen sie Verlangen hatte, mit all ihren Götzen machte sie sich unrein.8Die Hurerei, die sie von Ägypten her getrieben hatte, gab sie nicht auf; denn sie lagen bei ihr in ihrer Jugend und sie waren es, die nach ihren jugendlichen Brüsten griffen und sie mit ihrer Hurerei überschütteten.9Darum gab ich sie in die Hand ihrer Liebhaber, in die Hand der Söhne Assurs, nach denen sie Verlangen hatte.10Diese entblößten ihre Scham, nahmen ihre Söhne und ihre Töchter weg und erschlugen sie selbst mit dem Schwert. So erhielt sie ihren Ruf unter den Frauen und man vollstreckte an ihr Strafgerichte.11Das sah ihre Schwester Oholiba; trotzdem trieb sie es in ihrem Verlangen noch schlimmer als sie und in ihrer Hurerei noch ärger als ihre Schwester in ihrer Hurerei. (Eze 16:47)12Sie hatte Verlangen nach den Söhnen Assurs, nach Statthaltern und Vorstehern, prächtig gekleideten Kriegern, Reitern hoch zu Ross. Sie alle waren begehrenswerte junge Männer.13Ich sah, dass sie sich unrein machte. Auf ein und demselben Weg waren sie beide.14Doch sie ging noch weiter in ihrer Hurerei: Sie sah sich Männer an, eingeritzt in die Wand, Bilder von Chaldäern, eingeritzt mit Mennigrot, (Eze 8:10)15ihre Hüften mit einem Schurz umgürtet, auf ihren Häuptern einen herabhängenden Kopfbund. Sie alle sahen aus wie Vorkämpfer, von Gestalt wie die Söhne Babels, Chaldäa ist das Land ihrer Herkunft.16Als ihre Augen sie sahen, hatte sie Verlangen nach ihnen und sie schickte Boten zu ihnen nach Chaldäa.17Die Söhne Babels kamen zu ihr zum Liebeslager und machten sie unrein mit ihrer Hurerei. Als sie aber durch sie unrein geworden war, wandte sie sich jäh von ihnen ab. (2Ki 20:12)18Sie trieb offen ihre Hurerei und sie entblößte ihre Scham. Da wandte ich mich jäh von ihr ab, wie ich mich von ihrer Schwester abgewandt hatte.19Sie jedoch steigerte ihre Hurerei, indem sie der Tage ihrer Jugend gedachte, als sie im Lande Ägypten Hurerei getrieben hatte.20Und sie hatte Verlangen nach ihren Liebhabern, deren Glieder wie die Glieder der Esel und deren Erguss wie der Erguss der Hengste waren.21Du suchtest nach der Schandtat deiner Jugend, da man von Ägypten her nach deinen Brüsten griff und deine jugendlichen Brüste drückte.22Darum, Oholiba - so spricht GOTT, der Herr -, siehe, ich hetze deine Liebhaber, von denen du dich jäh abgewandt hast, gegen dich auf und ich führe sie von ringsum gegen dich heran:23die Söhne Babels und alle Chaldäer, Pekod, Schoa und Koa, dazu alle Söhne Assurs, begehrenswerte junge Männer, sie alle Statthalter und Vorsteher, Vorkämpfer und Vornehme, sie alle hoch zu Ross.[1]24Und sie fallen über dich her, gerüstet mit Wagen und Rädern und einem Aufgebot von Völkern. Langschilde, Rundschilde und Helme richten sie ringsum gegen dich. Dann lege ich ihnen die Rechtssache vor, damit sie nach ihrem Recht über dich richten. (Eze 38:15; Eze 39:2)25Ich bringe meine Eifersucht über dich, damit sie an dir voll Grimm handeln: Deine Nase und deine Ohren werden sie abschneiden. Was von dir übrig bleibt, fällt unter dem Schwert. Sie sind es, die deine Söhne und deine Töchter wegnehmen. Was dann noch übrig ist von dir, wird vom Feuer verzehrt. (Eze 35:11)26Sie ziehen dir deine Kleider aus und nehmen dir deine Schmuckstücke weg.27So mache ich deiner Schandtat bei dir und deiner seit dem Land Ägypten getriebenen Hurerei ein Ende. Du sollst nicht mehr zu ihnen aufblicken und nie mehr an Ägypten denken.28Denn - so spricht GOTT, der Herr - siehe, ich gebe dich in die Hand derer, gegen die du Hass hegst, in die Hand derer, von denen du dich jäh abgewandt hast.29Sie werden mit Hass an dir handeln und dir alles nehmen, was du mühsam erworben hast. Sie werden dich nackt und bloß zurücklassen und deine hurerische Scham wird aufgedeckt, deine Schandtat und deine Hurerei.30Das tut man dir an, weil du den Völkern nachgehurt und dich mit ihren Götzen unrein gemacht hast.31Auf dem Weg deiner Schwester bist du gegangen, darum gebe ich dir ihren Becher in deine Hand.32So spricht GOTT, der Herr:
Den Becher deiner Schwester wirst du leer trinken, / den tiefen und weiten.
Zum Gelächter und Gespött wirst du werden: / Viel vermag sie zu fassen. (Ps 75:9; Isa 51:17)33Von Trunkenheit und Qual wirst du voll sein. / Ein Becher des Grauens und der Verwüstung / ist der Becher deiner Schwester Samaria.34Du wirst ihn leer trinken, ja ausschlürfen, / du wirst seine Scherben zerbeißen / und deine Brüste zerreißen.
Denn ich habe gesprochen - Spruch GOTTES, des Herrn.35Darum - so spricht GOTT, der Herr: Weil du mich vergessen und mich hinter deinen Rücken geworfen hast, trag du jetzt deine Schandtat und deine Hurerei! (Jer 2:32)36Der HERR sagte zu mir: Menschensohn, musst du nicht über Ohola und Oholiba Gericht halten? Dann lege ihnen ihre Gräueltaten vor: (Eze 20:4; Eze 22:2)37Denn sie haben die Ehe gebrochen und an ihren Händen klebt Blut. Mit ihren Götzen haben sie Ehebruch begangen, sogar ihre Söhne, die sie mir geboren hatten, ließen sie durch das Feuer gehen, ihnen zum Fraß.38Auch dies taten sie mir an: An jenem Tag haben sie mein Heiligtum unrein gemacht und meine Sabbat-Tage entweiht. (Eze 20:13; Eze 22:8)39An jenem Tag, an dem sie ihre Söhne den Götzen schlachteten, kamen sie in mein Heiligtum, um es zu entweihen. Siehe, so taten sie mitten in meinem Haus. (Eze 44:7)40Ja sogar nach Männern haben sie gesandt, dass sie von Ferne kämen. Ein Bote war zu ihnen gesandt worden. Und siehe, als sie kamen, hast du ihretwegen gebadet, deine Augen geschminkt und Schmuck angelegt.41Du hast dich auf ein prunkvolles Lager gesetzt; davor stand ein Tisch bereit, auf den du mein Räucherwerk und mein Öl gestellt hattest.42Der Lärm einer sorglosen Menge war in ihr. Und zu Männern aus einer Menschenmenge wurden Trinker aus der Wüste herbeigeholt. Sie legten Spangen an ihre Arme und eine herrliche Krone auf ihre Häupter.43Ich sprach über sie, die verbraucht ist von Ehebrüchen: Jetzt hurt man. Es ist Hurerei und sie ist dabei.44Und man ging zu ihr, wie man zu einer Hure geht. So gingen sie zu Ohola und Oholiba, den Frauen der Schandtat.45Doch gerechte Männer, sie werden sie richten nach der Rechtsentscheidung für Ehebrecherinnen und nach der Rechtsentscheidung für die, die Blut vergossen haben. Denn sie haben Ehebruch begangen und an ihren Händen klebt Blut. (Le 20:10; De 22:21)46Ja, so spricht GOTT, der Herr: Man berufe eine Volksversammlung gegen sie ein und gebe sie der Misshandlung und der Plünderung preis.47Die Volksversammlung soll sie steinigen und mit ihren Schwertern in Stücke hauen. Ihre Söhne und Töchter soll man töten und ihre Häuser im Feuer verbrennen. (De 22:21)48So mache ich der Schandtat im Land ein Ende, damit alle Frauen gewarnt sind und nicht ebenso schändlich handeln wie ihr.49Man wird eure Schandtat über euch bringen und ihr müsst die Sünden mit euren Götzen tragen. Dann werdet ihr erkennen, dass ich GOTT, der Herr, bin.