Verse 22
Ezekiel 23:22
New Living Translation
22
“Therefore, Oholibah, this is what the Sovereign LORD says: I will send your lovers against you from every direction — those very nations from which you turned away in disgust.
Original Language Text
hebrew
לָ/כֵ֣ן אָהֳלִיבָ֗ה כֹּֽה אָמַר֮ אֲדֹנָ֣/י יְהוִה֒ הִנְ/נִ֨י מֵעִ֤יר אֶת מְאַהֲבַ֨יִ/ךְ֙ עָלַ֔יִ/ךְ אֵ֛ת אֲשֶׁר נָקְעָ֥ה נַפְשֵׁ֖/ךְ מֵ/הֶ֑ם וַ/הֲבֵאתִ֥י/ם עָלַ֖יִ/ךְ מִ/סָּבִֽיב
English Translation
Therefore, I will allure her; thus says my Lord, Yahweh: Behold, I am awakening your love upon you, that which has struck your soul from them, and I will bring them upon you from all around.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
Done.
Sign in to save notes and annotations.
Chapter 23 Context
1
This message came to me from the LORD:
Focus ↗
2
“Son of man, once there were two sisters who were daughters of the same mother.
Focus ↗
3
They became prostitutes in Egypt. Even as young girls, they allowed men to fondle their breasts.
Focus ↗
4
The older girl was named Oholah, and her sister was Oholibah. I married them, and they bore me sons...
Focus ↗
5
“Then Oholah lusted after other lovers instead of me, and she gave her love to the Assyrian officers...
Focus ↗
6
They were all attractive young men, captains and commanders dressed in handsome blue, charioteers dr...
Focus ↗
7
And so she prostituted herself with the most desirable men of Assyria, worshiping their idols and de...
Focus ↗
8
For when she left Egypt, she did not leave her spirit of prostitution behind. She was still as lewd...
Focus ↗
9
“And so I handed her over to her Assyrian lovers, whom she desired so much.
Focus ↗
10
They stripped her, took away her children as their slaves, and then killed her. After she received h...
Focus ↗
11
“Yet even though Oholibah saw what had happened to Oholah, her sister, she followed right in her foo...
Focus ↗
12
She fawned over all the Assyrian officers — those captains and commanders in handsome uniforms, thos...
Focus ↗
13
I saw the way she was going, defiling herself just like her older sister.
Focus ↗
14
“Then she carried her prostitution even further. She fell in love with pictures that were painted on...
Focus ↗
15
Handsome belts encircled their waists, and flowing turbans crowned their heads. They were dressed li...
Focus ↗
16
When she saw these paintings, she longed to give herself to them, so she sent messengers to Babyloni...
Focus ↗
17
So they came and committed adultery with her, defiling her in the bed of love. After being defiled,...
Focus ↗
18
“In the same way, I became disgusted with Oholibah and rejected her, just as I had rejected her sist...
Focus ↗
19
Yet she turned to even greater prostitution, remembering her youth when she was a prostitute in Egyp...
Focus ↗
20
She lusted after lovers with genitals as large as a donkey’s and emissions like those of a horse.
Focus ↗
21
And so, Oholibah, you relived your former days as a young girl in Egypt, when you first allowed your...
Focus ↗
22
“Therefore, Oholibah, this is what the Sovereign LORD says: I will send your lovers against you from...
23
For the Babylonians will come with all the Chaldeans from Pekod and Shoa and Koa. And all the Assyri...
Focus ↗
24
They will all come against you from the north with chariots, wagons, and a great army prepared for a...
Focus ↗
25
I will turn my jealous anger against you, and they will deal harshly with you. They will cut off you...
Focus ↗
26
They will strip you of your beautiful clothes and jewels.
Focus ↗
27
In this way, I will put a stop to the lewdness and prostitution you brought from Egypt. You will nev...
Focus ↗
28
“For this is what the Sovereign LORD says: I will surely hand you over to your enemies, to those you...
Focus ↗
29
They will treat you with hatred and rob you of all you own, leaving you stark naked. The shame of yo...
Focus ↗
30
You brought all this on yourself by prostituting yourself to other nations, defiling yourself with a...
Focus ↗
31
Because you have followed in your sister’s footsteps, I will force you to drink the same cup of terr...
Focus ↗
32
“Yes, this is what the Sovereign LORD says: “You will drink from your sister’s cup of terror,<br>a c...
Focus ↗
33
Drunkenness and anguish will fill you,<br>for your cup is filled to the brim with distress and desol...
Focus ↗
34
You will drain that cup of terror<br>to the very bottom.<br>Then you will smash it to pieces<br>and...
Focus ↗
35
“And because you have forgotten me and turned your back on me, this is what the Sovereign LORD says:...
Focus ↗
36
The LORD said to me, “Son of man, you must accuse Oholah and Oholibah of all their detestable sins.
Focus ↗
37
They have committed both adultery and murder — adultery by worshiping idols and murder by burning as...
Focus ↗
38
Furthermore, they have defiled my Temple and violated my Sabbath day!
Focus ↗
39
On the very day that they sacrificed their children to their idols, they boldly came into my Temple...
Focus ↗
40
“You sisters sent messengers to distant lands to get men. Then when they arrived, you bathed yoursel...
Focus ↗
41
You sat with them on a beautifully embroidered couch and put my incense and my special oil on a tabl...
Focus ↗
42
From your room came the sound of many men carousing. They were lustful men and drunkards from the wi...
Focus ↗
43
Then I said, ‘If they really want to have sex with old worn-out prostitutes like these, let them!’
Focus ↗
44
And that is what they did. They had sex with Oholah and Oholibah, these shameless prostitutes.
Focus ↗
45
But righteous people will judge these sister cities for what they really are — adulterers and murder...
Focus ↗
46
“Now this is what the Sovereign LORD says: Bring an army against them and hand them over to be terro...
Focus ↗
47
For their enemies will stone them and kill them with swords. They will butcher their sons and daught...
Focus ↗
48
In this way, I will put an end to lewdness and idolatry in the land, and my judgment will be a warni...
Focus ↗
49
You will be fully repaid for all your prostitution — your worship of idols. Yes, you will suffer the...
Focus ↗