1La parola del Signore mi fu rivolta in questi termini:2«Figlio d’uomo, c’erano due donne, figlie di una medesima madre,3le quali si prostituirono in Egitto; si prostituirono nella loro giovinezza; là furono premute le loro mammelle e là fu schiacciato il loro vergine seno.4I loro nomi sono: quello della maggiore, Oola; quello della sorella, Ooliba[1]. Esse divennero mie e mi partorirono figli e figlie; questi sono i loro veri nomi: Oola è Samaria, Ooliba è Gerusalemme.5E, mentre era mia, Oola si prostituì, si appassionò per i suoi amanti, gli Assiri, che erano suoi vicini,6vestiti di porpora, governatori e magistrati, tutti bei giovani, cavalieri in groppa ai loro cavalli.7Essa si prostituì con loro, che erano tutti il fiore dei figli d’Assiria, e si contaminò con tutti quelli per i quali si appassionava, con tutti i loro idoli.8Essa non rinunciò alle prostituzioni commesse con gli Egiziani, quando quelli si erano uniti a lei nella sua giovinezza, schiacciavano il suo vergine seno e sfogavano su di lei la loro lussuria.9Perciò io l’abbandonai in balìa dei suoi amanti, in balìa dei figli d’Assiria, per i quali si era appassionata.10Essi ebbero rapporti sessuali con lei, presero i suoi figli e le sue figlie e la uccisero con la spada. Essa diventò famosa fra le donne, e su di lei furono eseguiti dei giudizi.11Sua sorella vide questo, e tuttavia si corruppe più di lei nei suoi amori; le sue prostituzioni sorpassarono le prostituzioni di sua sorella.12Si appassionò per i figli d’Assiria, che erano suoi vicini, governatori e magistrati, vestiti pomposamente, cavalieri in groppa ai loro cavalli, tutti giovani e belli.13Io vidi che essa si contaminava; entrambe seguivano la medesima via,14ma questa superò l’altra nelle sue prostituzioni. Vide degli uomini disegnati sui muri, delle immagini di Caldei dipinte in rosso,15con delle cinture ai fianchi, con degli ampi turbanti in capo, dall’aspetto di capitani, tutti quanti ritratti dei figli di Babilonia, della Caldea, loro terra natìa;16come li vide, si appassionò per loro, e mandò ad essi dei messaggeri, in Caldea.17I figli di Babilonia vennero da lei, al letto degli amori, e la contaminarono con le loro fornicazioni; ed essa si contaminò con loro; poi si allontanò da loro.18Essa mise a nudo le sue prostituzioni, mise a nudo la sua vergogna, e io mi allontanai da lei, come mi ero allontanato da sua sorella.19Tuttavia essa moltiplicò le sue prostituzioni, ricordandosi dei giorni della sua giovinezza, quando si era prostituita nel paese d’Egitto;20si appassionò per quei fornicatori dalla carne come la carne degli asini e dal membro come il membro dei cavalli.21Così tu tornasti all’infamia della tua giovinezza, quando gli Egiziani ti schiacciavano le mammelle a motivo del tuo vergine seno.22Perciò, Ooliba, così parla il Signore, Dio: “Ecco, io susciterò contro di te i tuoi amanti, da cui ti sei allontanata, e li farò venire contro di te da tutte le parti:23i figli di Babilonia e tutti i Caldei, prìncipi, ricchi e grandi, e tutti i figli d’Assiria con loro, giovani e belli, tutti, governatori e magistrati, capitani e consiglieri, tutti in groppa ai loro cavalli.24Essi verranno contro di te con armi, carri e veicoli, e con una moltitudine di popoli; con scudi grandi e piccoli, e con elmi, si schierano contro di te tutto intorno. Io rimetto in mano loro il giudizio ed essi ti giudicheranno secondo le loro leggi.25Io darò sfogo alla mia gelosia contro di te ed essi ti tratteranno con furore: ti taglieranno il naso e le orecchie, e ciò che rimarrà di te cadrà per la spada; prenderanno i tuoi figli e le tue figlie, e ciò che rimarrà di te sarà divorato dal fuoco.26Ti spoglieranno delle tue vesti, porteranno via gli oggetti di cui ti adorni.27Io farò cessare la tua lussuria, la tua prostituzione cominciata nel paese d’Egitto, e tu non alzerai più gli occhi verso di loro, non ti ricorderai più dell’Egitto”.28Infatti così parla il Signore, Dio: “Ecco, io ti do in mano a quelli che detesti, in mano a quelli da cui ti sei allontanata.29Essi ti tratteranno con odio, porteranno via tutto il frutto del tuo lavoro e ti lasceranno nuda e scoperta; così saranno messe allo scoperto la vergogna della tua impudicizia, la tua lussuria e le tue prostituzioni.30Queste cose ti saranno fatte, perché ti sei prostituita correndo dietro alle nazioni, perché ti sei contaminata con i loro idoli.31Tu hai camminato per la via di tua sorella e io ti metto in mano la sua coppa”.32Così parla il Signore, Dio: “Tu berrai la coppa di tua sorella, coppa profonda e ampia; sarai esposta alle risa e alle beffe; la coppa è di gran capacità.33Tu sarai riempita di ebbrezza e di dolore: è la coppa della desolazione e della devastazione, è la coppa di tua sorella Samaria.34Tu la berrai, la vuoterai, ne morderai i pezzi e te ne squarcerai il seno; poiché io ho parlato”, dice il Signore, Dio.35Perciò così parla il Signore, Dio: “Poiché tu mi hai dimenticato e mi hai buttato dietro alle spalle, porta dunque anche tu la pena della tua scelleratezza e delle tue prostituzioni”».36Il Signore mi disse: «Figlio d’uomo, non dovrai giudicare forse Oola e Ooliba? Dichiara loro dunque le loro abominazioni!37Infatti hanno commesso adulterio, hanno sangue nelle loro mani; hanno commesso adulterio con i loro idoli, e gli stessi figli che mi avevano partoriti li hanno fatti passare per il fuoco perché servissero loro di pasto.38Anche questo mi hanno fatto: in quel medesimo giorno hanno contaminato il mio santuario e hanno profanato i miei sabati.39Dopo aver immolato i loro figli ai loro idoli, in quello stesso giorno sono venute nel mio santuario per profanarlo; ecco quello che hanno fatto in mezzo alla mia casa.40Oltre a questo, hanno mandato a cercare uomini che vengono da lontano; a loro hanno inviato messaggeri, ed ecco che sono venuti. Per loro ti sei lavata, ti sei imbellettata gli occhi, ti sei coperta di ornamenti;41ti sei messa sopra un letto sontuoso, davanti al quale era disposta una tavola; su quella hai messo il mio profumo e il mio olio.42Là si udiva il rumore di una folla che si divertiva; oltre alla gente presa tra la folla degli uomini, sono stati introdotti degli ubriachi venuti dal deserto, che hanno messo dei braccialetti ai polsi delle due sorelle e dei magnifici diademi sul loro capo.43Io ho detto di quella invecchiata negli adultèri: “Anche ora commettono prostituzioni con lei, proprio con lei!”44Si viene da essa come si va da una prostituta! Così si viene da Oola e da Ooliba, da queste donne scellerate.45Ma uomini giusti le giudicheranno, come si giudicano le adultere, come si giudicano le donne che spargono il sangue; perché sono adultere e hanno del sangue nelle mani.46Perciò così parla il Signore, Dio: “Sarà fatta salire contro di loro una moltitudine ed esse saranno date in balìa del terrore e del saccheggio.47Quella moltitudine le lapiderà e le farà a pezzi con la spada; ucciderà i loro figli e le loro figlie e darà alle fiamme le loro case.48Io farò cessare la scelleratezza nel paese e tutte le donne impareranno a non commettere più turpitudini come le vostre.49La vostra scelleratezza vi sarà fatta ricadere addosso; voi porterete la pena della vostra idolatria, e conoscerete che io sono il Signore, Dio”».
Die beiden unzüchtigen Schwestern Ohola und Oholiba
1Und das Wort des HERRN geschah zu mir so:2Menschensohn, ⟨da gab es⟩ zwei Frauen, Töchter einer Mutter waren sie.3Die hurten in Ägypten, ⟨bereits⟩ in ihrer Jugend hurten sie; dort wurden ihre Brüste gedrückt, und dort betastete man ihren jungfräulichen Busen. (Ez 20,7; Ez 23,19)4Die Ältere hieß Ohola[1] und ihre Schwester Oholiba[2]. Und sie wurden mein und gebaren Söhne und Töchter. Und ⟨was⟩ ihre Namen ⟨betrifft⟩: Samaria ist Ohola, und Jerusalem ist Oholiba. (Ger 3,7)5Und Ohola hurte von mir weg[3]. Und sie hatte Verlangen nach ihren Liebhabern, den kampftüchtigen Assyrern[4], (Os 5,13)6gekleidet in violetten Purpur, den Statthaltern und Befehlshabern, anmutige junge Männer[5] waren sie alle, Reiter, auf Pferden reitend.7Und sie richtete ihre Hurereien auf sie. Die Auslese der Söhne Assur waren sie alle; und mit allen, nach denen sie Verlangen hatte, ⟨und⟩ mit all deren Götzen machte sie sich unrein.8Auch ihre von Ägypten her ⟨gewohnten⟩ Hurereien[6] ließ sie nicht; denn ⟨schon⟩ in ihrer Jugend hatten sie bei ihr gelegen und hatten ihren jungfräulichen Busen betastet und ihre Hurerei über sie ausgegossen. (Ez 20,7; Ez 23,19)9Darum habe ich sie in die Hand ihrer Liebhaber gegeben, in die Hand der Söhne Assur, nach denen sie Verlangen hatte. (2Re 15,29)10Die haben ihre Blöße aufgedeckt, ihre Söhne und ihre Töchter weggenommen, und sie selbst haben sie mit dem Schwert erschlagen, sodass sie zum Gerede bei den Frauen wurde, und haben Strafgerichte an ihr geübt.11Und ihre Schwester Oholiba sah es, und sie trieb es mit ihrem Verlangen verderblicher als sie und mit ihren Hurereien ⟨schlimmer⟩ als ihre Schwester mit ⟨ihren⟩ Hurereien. (Ger 3,6)12Sie bekam Verlangen nach den Söhnen Assur, Statthaltern und Befehlshabern, Kämpfern, prächtig gekleidet, Reitern, auf Pferden reitend; anmutige junge Männer[7] waren sie alle. (Os 2,7)13Und ich sah, dass sie sich unrein gemacht hatte: Dieselbe Art[8] hatten sie beide.14Aber sie trieb ihre Hurereien ⟨noch⟩ weiter: Denn sie sah Männer in Zeichnung an der Wand, Bilder von Chaldäern, mit roter Farbe eingezeichnet, (Ger 22,14)15gegürtet mit einem Gurt[9] an ihren Hüften, herabhängenden Turbanen auf ihren Köpfen, sie alle vom Aussehen hervorragender Kämpfer, ein Abbild der Söhne Babels, deren Geburtsland Chaldäa ist.16Und als ihre Augen sie sahen, bekam sie Verlangen nach ihnen, und sie sandte Boten zu ihnen nach Chaldäa. (Is 57,9)17Da kamen die Söhne Babels zu ihr zum Liebeslager und machten sie durch ihre Hurerei unrein. Doch als sie sich an ihnen unrein gemacht hatte, wandte sich ihre Seele jäh von ihnen ab.18Und als sie ⟨so⟩ ihre Hurereien aufgedeckt hatte und ihre Blöße aufgedeckt hatte, da wandte sich meine Seele jäh von ihr ab, ebenso wie meine Seele sich von ihrer Schwester jäh abgewandt hatte. (Ger 6,8)19Sie aber vermehrte ⟨noch⟩ ihre Hurereien, indem sie an die Tage ihrer Jugend dachte, als sie im Land Ägypten gehurt hatte.20Und sie bekam Verlangen nach ihren[10] Liebhabern, deren Fleisch wie das Fleisch der Esel und deren Erguss wie der Erguss der Pferde ist.21Und du sehntest dich nach der Schandtat[11] deiner Jugend, als man in Ägypten[12] deinen Busen betastete wegen deiner jugendlichen Brüste. –22Darum, Oholiba, so spricht der Herr, HERR: Siehe, ich erwecke gegen dich deine Liebhaber, von denen deine Seele sich jäh abgewandt hat, und lasse sie von allen Seiten über dich kommen: (Ger 6,22)23die Söhne Babels und alle Chaldäer, Pekod und Schoa und Koa[13], alle Söhne Assur mit ihnen, anmutige junge Männer[14], Statthalter und Befehlshaber sind sie alle, hervorragende Kämpfer und Räte[15], sie alle auf Pferden reitend. (Ez 21,24)24Die kommen über dich von Norden[16], ⟨mit⟩ Wagen und Rädern und Scharen von Völkern[17]; Langschild und Kleinschild und Helm richten sie ringsum gegen dich. Und ich übergebe ihnen das Gericht, und sie werden dich nach ihren Rechtssätzen richten. (Ger 52,9)25Und ich bringe meinen Eifer über dich, und sie werden im Grimm mit dir verfahren: Deine Nase und deine Ohren werden sie abschneiden, und was nach dir ⟨übrig bleibt⟩[18], wird durch das Schwert fallen; deine Söhne und deine Töchter werden sie wegnehmen, und was nach dir ⟨übrig bleibt⟩[19], wird durch das Feuer verzehrt werden. (Ez 5,13)26Und sie werden dir deine Kleider ausziehen und deine prächtigen Geschmeide nehmen. (2Re 24,13; Is 39,6)27Und ich will ein Ende machen[20] deiner Schandtat[21] von dir und deiner Hurerei vom Land Ägypten her, sodass du deine Augen nicht mehr zu ihnen erheben und nicht mehr denken wirst an Ägypten. (Ez 22,15)28Denn so spricht der Herr, HERR: Siehe, ich gebe dich in die Hand derer, die du hasst, in die Hand derer, von denen deine Seele sich jäh abgewandt hat.29Und sie werden voller Hass mit dir verfahren und all dein Erworbenes wegnehmen und dich nackt und bloß zurücklassen. Da sollen deine hurerische Blöße und deine Schandtat[22] und deine Hurereien aufgedeckt werden. (Lam 1,8)30Das wird dir geschehen, weil du den Nationen nachgehurt, weil du dich mit ihren Götzen unrein gemacht hast. (Ger 2,18)31Auf dem Weg deiner Schwester bist du gegangen, so gebe ich ihren Becher in deine Hand. (2Re 17,19; 2Re 21,13)32So spricht der Herr, HERR: Du wirst den Becher deiner Schwester trinken, den tiefen und weiten – zum Gelächter und zum Spott wird sie –, der so viel fasst. (Lam 2,15; Ez 22,4)33Von Trunkenheit und Kummer wirst du voll werden; ein Becher des Entsetzens und der Verödung ist der Becher deiner Schwester Samaria.34Und du wirst ihn trinken und ausschlürfen und wirst seine Tonscherben benagen und deine Brüste zerreißen; denn ich habe geredet, spricht der Herr, HERR[23]. – (Sal 75,9; Ez 22,14)35Darum, so spricht der Herr, HERR: Weil du mich vergessen und mich hinter deinen Rücken geworfen hast, so trage du auch deine Schandtat[24] und deine Hurereien! (Nu 14,33; Ger 2,7; Ger 13,25; Ez 22,12; Os 13,6)36Und der HERR sprach zu mir: Menschensohn, willst du die Ohola und die Oholiba richten? Dann halte ihnen ihre Gräuel vor! (Ez 20,4; Mi 3,8)37Denn sie haben Ehebruch getrieben, und Blut ist an ihren Händen, und mit ihren Götzen haben sie Ehebruch getrieben; und sogar ihre Kinder, die sie mir geboren hatten, haben sie ihnen zum Fraß durch ⟨das Feuer⟩ gehen lassen. (Le 20,2; 2Re 23,10; Ez 20,26)38Und dies haben sie mir noch ⟨dazu⟩ angetan: Sie haben am selben Tag mein Heiligtum unrein gemacht und meine Sabbate entweiht. (Ez 22,8)39Denn wenn sie ihre Söhne für ihre Götzen schlachteten, dann kamen sie am selben Tag in mein Heiligtum, es zu entweihen; und siehe, so haben sie es mitten in meinem Haus getrieben. (2Re 21,4; Ez 5,11)40Ja, sie haben sogar ⟨Boten⟩ zu Männern gesandt, die von fern her kommen sollten – zu denen ein Bote gesandt worden war; und siehe, sie kamen! –, für die du dich gebadet, deine Augen geschminkt und ⟨dir⟩ Schmuck angelegt hast (2Re 9,30)41und dich auf ein prunkvolles Polster gesetzt hast, vor dem ein Tisch bereitet war; und darauf hast du mein Räucherwerk und mein Öl gestellt. (Is 57,7; Ez 6,13)42Und mit lärmender Stimme sang man den Männern zu wegen der Menge der Menschen, die aus der Wüste gekommen waren[25]; und sie legten Armringe an ihre[26] Hände und ⟨setzten⟩ prachtvolle Kronen auf ihre Köpfe. (Ez 27,22)43Da sprach ich: ⟨Noch immer⟩ Ehebruch für die Verbrauchte? Jetzt treibt man ihre Hurereien, und sie ⟨freut sich darüber⟩[27].44Und man ging zu ihr ein, wie man zu einer Hure eingeht; so gingen sie ein zu Ohola und zu Oholiba, den unzüchtigen Frauen. (Ger 3,8)45Aber gerechte Männer, die werden sie richten nach dem Recht für Ehebrecherinnen und nach dem Recht für solche, die Blut vergießen; denn sie sind Ehebrecherinnen, und Blut ist an ihren Händen. – (Ger 2,34; Lam 4,14; Ez 24,7)46Denn so spricht der Herr, HERR: Man führe eine Versammlung gegen sie herauf und gebe sie der Misshandlung und der Plünderung preis! (Ger 17,3)47Und die Versammlung soll sie steinigen und sie mit ihren Schwertern zerhauen; ihre Söhne und ihre Töchter soll man erschlagen und ihre Häuser mit Feuer vernichten! (Ger 32,29; Ez 24,21)48Und so werde ich die Schandtat[28] aus dem Land wegschaffen, damit alle Frauen sich warnen lassen und nicht nach eurer Schandtat[29] handeln. (De 13,12)49Und sie werden eure Schandtat[30] auf euch bringen, und die Sünden⟨, die ihr mit⟩ euren Götzen ⟨begangen habt,⟩ werdet ihr tragen. Und ihr werdet erkennen, dass ich der Herr, HERR, bin.
1The word of the Lord came to me:2“Son of man, there were two women, the daughters of one mother. (Ez 2,1; Ez 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. (Ez 16,15; Ez 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. (Ez 16,8; Ez 16,46; Ez 23,37)5“Oholah played the whore while she was mine, and she lusted after her lovers the Assyrians, warriors (Nu 5,19; 2Re 15,19; 2Re 17,3; Os 2,5; Os 8,9)6clothed in purple, governors and commanders, all of them desirable young men, horsemen riding on horses. (Is 5,28; Ez 23,23; Ez 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. (Ez 23,3; Ez 23,19)9Therefore I delivered her into the hands of her lovers, into the hands of the Assyrians, after whom she lusted. (2Re 15,29; 2Re 17,4; 2Re 17,23; 2Re 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. (Ez 5,8; Ez 16,14; Ez 16,37; Ez 23,25; Ez 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. (Ger 3,8; Ger 3,11; Ez 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. (Ez 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, (2Re 20,12; 2Re 24,1; Ez 8,10; Ez 16,17; Ez 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. (Is 57,9; Ez 23,14; Ez 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. (Is 57,7; Ez 17,15; Ez 23,22; Ez 23,28; Ez 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 (Ez 16,15; Ez 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: (Ez 16,37; Ez 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. (Ger 50,21; Ez 23,6; Ez 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. (2Re 19,32; 2Re 25,6; Ez 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. (Ez 23,10; Ez 23,29)26They shall also strip you of your clothes and take away your beautiful jewels. (Ez 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. (Ez 16,41; Ez 23,3; Ez 23,19; Ez 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, (Ez 16,37; Ez 23,17; Ez 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 (Ez 16,7; Ez 16,22; Ez 16,37; Ez 16,39; Ez 23,10; Ez 23,25)30have brought this upon you, because you played the whore with the nations and defiled yourself with their idols. (Eso 34,15; Ez 6,9)31You have gone the way of your sister; therefore I will give her cup into your hand. (Ger 25,15; Ez 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; (Is 51,17; Ger 13,13; Ez 23,4; Ap 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. (Sal 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.” (1Re 14,9; Ger 2,32; Ez 14,10; Ez 16,58; Ez 22,12; Ez 23,49)36The Lord said to me: “Son of man, will you judge Oholah and Oholibah? Declare to them their abominations. (Ez 2,1; Ez 20,4; Ez 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. (Ez 7,23; Ez 16,20; Ez 16,38; Ez 22,2)38Moreover, this they have done to me: they have defiled my sanctuary on the same day and profaned my Sabbaths. (Ez 5,11; Ez 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. (2Re 21,4; Ger 23,11; Ez 16,20; Ez 16,36; Ez 23,37; Ez 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. (2Re 9,30; Ger 4,30; Ez 16,11; Ez 23,16)41You sat on a stately couch, with a table spread before it on which you had placed my incense and my oil. (Est 1,6; Prov 7,17; Ez 16,18; Os 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. (Is 22,2; Ez 16,11; Ez 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.” (Ez 16,38; Ez 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; Ez 7,21; Ez 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. (Gios 7,24; 2Cr 36,17; 2Cr 36,19; Ez 16,40; Ez 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. (Ez 16,41; Ez 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.” (Ez 6,7; Ez 23,35)
Ezechiele 23
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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.