Verse 6
Ezekiel 23:6
Free Bible Version
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They were soldiers dressed in blue, leaders and commanders, all of them handsome young men in the cavalry.
Original Language Text
hebrew
לְבֻשֵׁ֤י תְכֵ֨לֶת֙ פַּח֣וֹת וּ/סְגָנִ֔ים בַּח֥וּרֵי חֶ֖מֶד כֻּלָּ֑/ם פָּרָשִׁ֕ים רֹכְבֵ֖י סוּסִֽים
English Translation
In garments of blue, purple, and scarlet, the young men of desire, all of them, are mounted horsemen.
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Chapter 23 Context
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A message from the Lord came to me, saying,
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“Son of man, there were once two women. They were daughters of the same mother.
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They became prostitutes in Egypt. In fact, they were prostitutes from the time they were young. They...
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The older girl was called Oholah, and her sister Oholibah. I married them both and they had sons and...
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Oholah prostituted herself while she was still married to me. She wanted to have sex with her lovers...
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They were soldiers dressed in blue, leaders and commanders, all of them handsome young men in the ca...
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She gave away herself sexually to all the important men of Assyria. She made herself unclean by her...
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She didn't stop her prostitution that she started in Egypt—men sleeping with her when she was young,...
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So I handed her over to her lovers, the Assyrians she wanted to have sex with.
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They stripped her naked, took away her sons and daughters, and killed her with the sword. She became...
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Oholibah saw what happened to her sister, but she became even worse than her in her wanting sex and...
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She also wanted to have sex with the Assyrians: their leaders and commanders, their splendidly-dress...
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I saw that she had also made herself unclean—both sisters were doing the same thing.
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However, Oholibah's prostitution was even worse. She saw pictures of Babylonian soldiers wearing bri...
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They were wearing belts on their waists and large turbans on their heads. They all looked like Babyl...
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When she saw the paintings of them, she wanted to have sex with them and sent messengers to them in...
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The Babylonians came to her and her love bed, and made her unclean with their sexual desire. However...
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When Oholibah so blatantly prostituted herself, exposing herself naked, I turned away from her in di...
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But she practiced even more prostitution, remembering how she'd been a prostitute in Egypt when she...
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You went back to the indecent acts from when you were young, when the Egyptians squeezed your nipple...
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So Oholibah, this is what the Lord God (Elohim) says: I'm going to encourage your lovers to attack y...
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the Babylonians and all the Chaldeans, the men of Pekod, Shoa, and Koa, and all the Assyrians along...
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They will attack you from the north, invading with a great army, chariots, and wagons. They will com...
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I feel so strongly about what you've done that I will oppose you, and they will treat you very badly...
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I'm going to put a stop to your immorality and prostitution, which started in Egypt. You won't think...
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For this is what the Lord God (Elohim) says: Believe it when I say that I'm going to hand you over t...
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They will treat you with hatred. They will take away everything you've worked for, leaving you stark...
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is why all this has happened to you, because you acted as a prostitute with the nations and made you...
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Because you did what your sister did, I will give you her cup to drink.
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This is what the Lord God (Elohim) says: You will drink from your sister's cup—a large, deep cup. Yo...
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It will make you drunk and full of grief because it's a cup of that brings horror and destruction, t...
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You will drink it all down, smash it to pieces on the ground, and tear at your breasts. This is what...
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In summary this is what the Lord God (Elohim) says: Because you have forgotten about me and have ign...
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Then the Lord said to me: “Son of man, are you going to condemn Oholah and Oholibah? Expose the disg...
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For they have committed adultery, and they are guilty of murder. They have committed adultery with t...
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They also did this to me: On the very same day they both made my sanctuary unclean and violated my S...
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On the very day that they killed their children for their idols, they went into my sanctuary and mad...
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They even kept on sending messengers for men to come from far away. When the men arrived, you would...
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You sat on an expensive couch, with my incense and my oil on a table placed in front of it.
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The room was full of the noise of people partying. Drunk men were brought in from the desert along w...
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Then I said about the old worn-out woman, ‘Now they can have her as a prostitute because that's what...
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So they had sex with her like a prostitute. They had sex with Oholah and Oholibah, those immoral wom...
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But men who believe in doing what's right will judge them and impose the punishment for committing a...
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This is what the Lord God (Elohim) says: Have a mob attack them! Make them terrified and rob them.
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The mob will stone them and kill them with their swords, slaughtering their sons and daughters and b...
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This is how I will put an end to immorality in the country, and all the women will be warned not to...
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They will punish you for your immorality, and you will have to experience the consequences of your i...
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