Verse 4

Ezekiel 23:4

King James Version

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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.

Original Language Text

hebrew

וּ/שְׁמוֹתָ֗/ן אָהֳלָ֤ה הַ/גְּדוֹלָה֙ וְ/אָהֳלִיבָ֣ה אֲחוֹתָ֔/הּ וַ/תִּֽהְיֶ֣ינָה לִ֔/י וַ/תֵּלַ֖דְנָה בָּנִ֣ים וּ/בָנ֑וֹת וּ/שְׁמוֹתָ֕/ן שֹׁמְר֣וֹן אָהֳלָ֔ה וִ/ירוּשָׁלִַ֖ם אָהֳלִיבָֽה

English Translation

And their names were Aholah the great and Aholibah her sister, and they became mine, and they bore sons and daughters, and their names were Samaria Aholah and Jerusalem Aholibah.

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Chapter 23 Context

1 The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying, Focus ↗

2 Son of man, there were two women, the daughters of one mother: Focus ↗

3 And they committed whoredoms in Egypt; they committed whoredoms in their youth: there were their bre... Focus ↗

4 And the names of them were Aholah the elder, and Aholibah her sister: and they were mine, and they b...

5 And Aholah played the harlot when she was mine; and she doted on her lovers, on the Assyrians her ne... Focus ↗

6 Which were clothed with blue, captains and rulers, all of them desirable young men, horsemen riding... Focus ↗

7 Thus she committed her whoredoms with them, with all them that were the chosen men of Assyria, and... Focus ↗

8 Neither left she her whoredoms brought from Egypt: for in her youth they lay with her, and they brui... Focus ↗

9 Wherefore I have delivered her into the hand of her lovers, into the hand of the Assyrians, upon who... Focus ↗

10 These discovered her nakedness: they took her sons and her daughters, and slew her with the sword: a... Focus ↗

11 And when her sister Aholibah saw this, she was more corrupt in her inordinate love than she, and in... Focus ↗

12 She doted upon the Assyrians her neighbours, captains and rulers clothed most gorgeously, horsemen r... Focus ↗

13 Then I saw that she was defiled, that they took both one way, Focus ↗

14 And that she increased her whoredoms: for when she saw men pourtrayed upon the wall, the images of t... Focus ↗

15 Girded with girdles upon their loins, exceeding in dyed attire upon their heads, all of them princes... Focus ↗

16 And as soon as she saw them with her eyes, she doted upon them, and sent messengers unto them into C... Focus ↗

17 And the Babylonians came to her into the bed of love, and they defiled her with their whoredom, and... Focus ↗

18 So she discovered her whoredoms, and discovered her nakedness: then my mind was alienated from her,... Focus ↗

19 Yet she multiplied her whoredoms, in calling to remembrance the days of her youth, wherein she had p... Focus ↗

20 For she doted upon their paramours, whose flesh is as the flesh of asses, and whose issue is like th... Focus ↗

21 Thus thou calledst to remembrance the lewdness of thy youth, in bruising thy teats by the Egyptians... Focus ↗

22 Therefore, O Aholibah, thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will raise up thy lovers against thee, fro... Focus ↗

23 The Babylonians, and all the Chaldeans, Pekod, and Shoa, and Koa, and all the Assyrians with them: a... Focus ↗

24 And they shall come against thee with chariots, wagons, and wheels, and with an assembly of people,... Focus ↗

25 And I will set my jealousy against thee, and they shall deal furiously with thee: they shall take aw... Focus ↗

26 They shall also strip thee out of thy clothes, and take away thy fair jewels. Focus ↗

27 Thus will I make thy lewdness to cease from thee, and thy whoredom brought from the land of Egypt: s... Focus ↗

28 For thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will deliver thee into the hand of them whom thou hatest, int... Focus ↗

29 And they shall deal with thee hatefully, and shall take away all thy labour, and shall leave thee na... Focus ↗

30 I will do these things unto thee, because thou hast gone a whoring after the heathen, and because th... Focus ↗

31 Thou hast walked in the way of thy sister; therefore will I give her cup into thine hand. Focus ↗

32 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Thou shalt drink of thy sister’s cup deep and large: thou shalt be laughed... Focus ↗

33 Thou shalt be filled with drunkenness and sorrow, with the cup of astonishment and desolation, with... Focus ↗

34 Thou shalt even drink it and suck it out, and thou shalt break the sherds thereof, and pluck off thi... Focus ↗

35 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast forgotten me, and cast me behind thy back, ther... Focus ↗

36 The LORD said moreover unto me; Son of man, wilt thou judge Aholah and Aholibah? yea, declare unto t... Focus ↗

37 That they have committed adultery, and blood is in their hands, and with their idols have they commi... Focus ↗

38 Moreover this they have done unto me: they have defiled my sanctuary in the same day, and have profa... Focus ↗

39 For when they had slain their children to their idols, then they came the same day into my sanctuary... Focus ↗

40 And furthermore, that ye have sent for men to come from far, unto whom a messenger was sent; and, lo... Focus ↗

41 And satest upon a stately bed, and a table prepared before it, whereupon thou hast set mine incense... Focus ↗

42 And a voice of a multitude being at ease was with her: and with the men of the common sort were brou... Focus ↗

43 Then said I unto her that was old in adulteries, Will they now commit whoredoms with her, and she wi... Focus ↗

44 Yet they went in unto her, as they go in unto a woman that playeth the harlot: so went they in unto... Focus ↗

45 And the righteous men, they shall judge them after the manner of adulteresses, and after the manner... Focus ↗

46 For thus saith the Lord GOD; I will bring up a company upon them, and will give them to be removed a... Focus ↗

47 And the company shall stone them with stones, and dispatch them with their swords; they shall slay t... Focus ↗

48 Thus will I cause lewdness to cease out of the land, that all women may be taught not to do after yo... Focus ↗

49 And they shall recompense your lewdness upon you, and ye shall bear the sins of your idols: and ye s... Focus ↗

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Book: Ezekiel
Chapter: Chapter 23 (49 verses)
Version: King James Version

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